GGDC Total Economy Growth Accounting Database
All series derived from this database need to be referred to as: " Marcel P. Timmer, Gerard Ypma and Bart van Ark (2003), IT in the European Union: Driving Productivity Divergence?, GGDC Research Memorandum GD-67 (October 2003), University of Groningen, Appendix Tables "The GGDC Total Economy Growth Accounting Database has been set up to assess the impact of IT on aggregate economic growth performance in the European Union and the United States. It contains data on gross fixed capital formation at constant and current prices for six assets types, including three IT assets (computers, communication equipment and software), together with growth rates of capital stocks and services. Total factor productivity growth is derived by combining the capital input data with growth in output and labour input in a growth accounting framework. The database covers 14 European Countries, the European Union and the United States for the period 1980-2001. Detailed annual series on all variables are provided in the country files below. A full description and analysis of the database can be found in:
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