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12.09.2022
Business Productivity across Sectors in Austria
WIFO Research Brief with First Evidence from Microdata
As part of the "Horizon 2020" project "GROWINPRO", Klaus Friesenbichler, Agnes Kügler (WIFO) and Julia Schieber-Knöbl (Statistics Austria) examined sectoral employment and productivity developments using microdata.
Considerable performance differences between and within sectors emerge in Austria. The picture drawn forms a central information basis for industrial and innovation policy in Austria.
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WIFO Research Briefs
12.09.2022
First Evidence from Microdata
Finalization: September 2022
Project partner Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Statistics Netherlands, Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, Lunaria Associazione di Promozione Sociale e Impresa Sociale, United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Scuola superiore Sant'Anna, Statistics Austria, University College London, University of Ljubljana, University of Tartu, Catholic University of Leuven, Centre for European Economic Research, University of Bielefeld
Contractor project: European Commission, Framework Programme
Specialist publication: WIFO Research Briefs
JEL-Codes: D22, D24
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Industrial, Innovation and International Economics
Industrial, Innovation and International Economics
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