• Productivity dispersion and measurement errors 

      Brasch, Thomas von; Iancu, Diana-Cristina; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion Papers;No. 869, Working paper, 2017-11-24)
      We outline a novel procedure to identify the role of measurement errors in explaining the empirical dispersion in productivity across establishments. The starting point of our framework is the typical errors-in-variable ...
    • Understanding the productivity slowdown The importance of entry and exit of workers 

      Brasch, Thomas von; Cappelen, Ådne; Iancu, Diana-Cristina (Discussion papers;818, Working paper, 2015-09)
      Many OECD countries have experienced a slowdown in measured labour productivity from 2005 and onwards. Norway is no exception in this respect. Most countries use a simple aggregate of hours worked when measuring labour ...