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Total Factor Productivity in the Contiguous United States, 1977–1986
Author(s) -
Domazlicky Bruce R.,
Weber William L.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1467-9787
pISSN - 0022-4146
DOI - 10.1111/0022-4146.00052
Subject(s) - productivity , decomposition , total factor productivity , frontier , production (economics) , linear programming , technical change , technological change , production–possibility frontier , scale (ratio) , econometrics , economics , measure (data warehouse) , mathematics , computer science , geography , macroeconomics , mathematical optimization , cartography , ecology , archaeology , biology , database
A linear programming technique is used to measure total factor productivity change in the contiguous 48 states during the period 1977 to 1986. The technique allows the decomposition of productivity change into its constituent parts: technological change, changes in pure technical efficiency, and changes in scale economies. This decomposition is used to identify “innovative” states that are pushing out the production frontier as opposed to states that are primarily in the process of ‘catching‐up.’