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Construction Value Chains and Their Productivity Growth
The construction industry has suffered from low growth in recent decades. Motivated by the economic impor-tance of the industry, we revisit the construction produc-tivity puzzle by analyzing the construction value chains of 12 European countries with data from the World In-put-Output and EU KLEMS databases. We decompose construction-related value-added and productivity con-tributions to the construction industry and the rest of the value chain, and show that the traditional focus on the construction industry is restrictive. There is a substantial amount of construction-related value-add-ed generated in other industries, and the productivi-ty growth in the construction value chains has, for the most part, been seen in them. Furthermore, we show that there is a strong, long-term relationship between construction-related patents and the improvement of total factor productivity in the value chains, but the val-ue chains typically suffer from low efficiency in the use of information technology.
Construction Value Chains and Their Productivity Growth
The construction industry has suffered from low growth in recent decades. Motivated by the economic impor-tance of the industry, we revisit the construction produc-tivity puzzle by analyzing the construction value chains of 12 European countries with data from the World In-put-Output and EU KLEMS databases. We decompose construction-related value-added and productivity con-tributions to the construction industry and the rest of the value chain, and show that the traditional focus on the construction industry is restrictive. There is a substantial amount of construction-related value-add-ed generated in other industries, and the productivi-ty growth in the construction value chains has, for the most part, been seen in them. Furthermore, we show that there is a strong, long-term relationship between construction-related patents and the improvement of total factor productivity in the value chains, but the val-ue chains typically suffer from low efficiency in the use of information technology.
Construction Value Chains and Their Productivity Growth
Kuusi, Tero (author) / Junnonen, Juha-Matti (author) / Kulvik, Martti (author)
2020-01-01
RePEc:rif:wpaper:79
Paper
Electronic Resource
English
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