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In this Working Paper the growth in industry-level total factor productivity, i.e. the part of output growth that cannot be accounted for by growth in the production factors, is decomposed using Belgian firm-level data for the period 2000-2008. Decomposition permits to assess to what extent productivity growth in a given industry results from changes in firm-level productivity, from reallocation of market shares between existing firms or from firm entry and exit.
Structural studies > Productivity and long-term growth
Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs > Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data [C81]
Microeconomics > Production and Organizations > Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis [D22]
Microeconomics > Production and Organizations > Production; Capital and Total Factor Productivity; Capacity [D24]
Industrial Organization > Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance > Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics; Macroeconomic Industrial Structure [L16]
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