Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Fabling Richard 
Author-X-Name-First: Richard
Author-X-Name-Last: Fabling 
Author-Email: richard.fabling@xtra.co.nz
Author-Workplace-Name: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
Title: Still medalling: Productivity gets a bronze (data source)
Abstract: Productivity data is missing from the Longitudinal Business Database (LBD) for over a third of firm-year observations in "measured sector" industries, equating to a fifth of total labour in those industries. We develop a method to fill these data gaps using an additional (third) data source - firm-level annualised goods and services tax (GST) returns. Coupled with additional modelling using full-coverage employment information, the resulting "complete" productivity dataset provides additional avenues for researchers to test the robustness of their results to the inclusion of firm types previously underrepresented in the productivity data - particularly new and owner-operated firms.
Length: 37 pages
Creation-Date: 2024-12
File-URL: https://motu-www.motu.org.nz/wpapers/24_06.pdf
Number: 24_06
Classification-JEL: D20; D24
Keywords: Longitudinal Business Database; administrative data; productivity
Handle: RePEc:mtu:wpaper:24_06