- Docente: Rosa Bernardini Papalia
- Credits: 5
- SSD: SECS-S/03
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in STATISTICAL SCIENCES (cod. 8054)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student acquires the knowledge of issues related to the definition of the measurement models and statistical representation of the production and the major estimation techniques of the same. The student is, also, able to derive from these models the main statistical measures of the factor productivity. In particular, the student is able to: - estimate the main production models (linear, Cobb-Douglas, CES, etc. ..) - to address the problems associated with estimating models - identify appropriate measures of the productivity of the factors of production.
Course contents
Measurement and analysis of productivity.
Measures of general and partial productivity of labor and capital. Global Productivity; lindices of Kendrick and Solow. Total factor productivity. Methods of decomposition of productivity.
Relationship between productivity, employment and growth.
Growth and development.
The theory of growth and development. Neoclassical model and conditional convergence tests. Clubs Convergence. Cross-countries based analysis: problems of measurement and estimation.
Readings/Bibliography
Eurostat, Methodologies and working papers, 2006, 31st CEIES Seminar: Are we measuring productivity correctly?
Extra material will be provided by the Prof.Bernardini
Papalia
Teaching methods
Teachers lectures supplemented with tutorials or laboratory experiment sessions
Assessment methods
Written exam
Teaching tools
Teaching material available on the web.
Reference distribution list: rossella.bernardini.app
Office hours
See the website of Rosa Bernardini Papalia