14-November-2019
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16-October-2017
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Achieving New Zealand’s productivity potential
Productivity growth has slowed across most OECD economies since the mid-2000s. While important aspects of New Zealand’s economic performance have improved over this period, productivity growth is still comparatively low. This continues a long-run trend of poor productivity in New Zealand, which is the key reason why average incomes are still below the OECD average notwithstanding recent strong growth.
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Business Dynamics and Productivity
This publication focuses on business dynamics across eight countries (Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, United Kingdom) and over time, building upon the evidence collected in the framework of the OECD DynEmp project for 22 countries.
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An International Perspective on the New Zealand Productivity Paradox
New Zealand lags behind advanced OECD countries in productivity and per capita income levels, in spite of what can be characterised as growth-friendly structural policy settings. This paper explores the “productivity paradox”, and identifies the main determinants of New Zealand’s economic under-performance. It was written for the The New Zealand Productivity Commission by the OECD.