Oulton, Nicholas 
ORCID: 0000-0002-1595-7732
(1998)
Competition and the dispersion of labour productivity amongst UK companies.
Oxford Economic Papers, 50 (1).
pp. 23-38.
ISSN 0030-7653
Abstract
Based on a sample of 140,000 UK companies over the period 1989-93, this paper finds a wide dispersion of labour productivity across firms. Some dispersion is transitory: amongst surviving companies there is regression towards the mean and dispersion falls over time. However, there are significant differences between sectors in the extent of dispersion, e.g. in manufacturing it is around 40% lower. A possible explanation is greater competition in manufacturing. A role for competition is also suggested by the finding that surviving companies which were initially below the mean improve their performance more rapidly than those initially above the mean.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | https://academic.oup.com/oep |
| Additional Information: | © 1998 Oxford University Press |
| Divisions: | Economics |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Nov 2020 15:00 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 02:22 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/107116 |
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