--- canonical_url: "https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-32/" title: "IPM Issue 32 Editor’s Overview" author: name: "CSLS" url: "https://csls.ca/author/cslc/" date_published: "2026-07-13T07:42:25+00:00" date_modified: "2026-07-23T00:33:02+00:00" post_type: "ipm" summary: "" ipm_issue_period: - "Spring 2017" ipm_keyword: - "agglomeration" - "firm-level" - "GVCs" - "Lisbon" - "OECD Global Forum on Productivity" - "productivity institutions" - "public sector" - "TFP" - "wages" ipm_country_focus: - "International" - "OECD" featured_image: "https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IPM_50_banner.webp" status: "publish" --- # IPM Issue 32 Editor’s Overview Canonical URL: https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-32/ # IPM Issue 32 Editor’s Overview [Download full PDF article](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-32-EO.pdf) Cite this article × Cite this article as: Sharpe, Andrew, and Giuseppe Nicoletti. 2017. “Editors’ Overview.” International Productivity Monitor, No. 32 (Spring 2017): 1–5. https://www.csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-32/ ## Authors: - Andrew Sharpe Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - Giuseppe Nicoletti Economics Department, OECD ## IPM Issue 32 Spring 2017 pp. 1–5 ## Related IPM articles [Efficiency Adjustment of Hours Worked: Two Possible Modifications of a Jorgensen Production Model Barbara Fraumeni Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 103–115](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/efficiency-adjustment-of-hours-worked-two-possible-modifications-of-a-jorgensen-production-model/) [Labour Productivity as a Measure of Technological Change Ulrich Kohli Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 64–81](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/labour-productivity-as-a-measure-of-technological-change/) [The Relationship between Efficiencies Defenses for Mergers and TFP Growth Robin Shaban Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 82–102](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/the-relationship-between-efficiencies-defenses-for-mergers-and-tfp-growth/) [The Challenges of Productivity Measurement — Review Article on The Measure of Economies: Measuring Productivity in an Age of Technological Change Chad Syverson Spring 2025 | IPM Issue 48 | pp. 139–143](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-48/the-challenges-of-productivity-measurement-review-article-on-the-measure-of-economies-measuring-productivity-in-an-age-of-technological-change/) [IPM Issue 49 Editors’ Overview Andrew Sharpe, Bart van Ark, Paul Schreyer Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 1–2](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/) [The UK Productivity Slowdown: A Review of Timing, Magnitude, and Drivers Josh Martin Spring 2025 | IPM Issue 48 | pp. 1–34](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-48/the-uk-productivity-slowdown-a-review-of-timing-magnitude-and-drivers/) [Appendix: UK Productivity Growth Rates Across Data Vintages and Studies Josh Martin Spring 2025 | IPM Issue 48 | pp. 65–73](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-48/appendix-uk-productivity-growth-rates-across-data-vintages-and-studies/) [IPM Issue 48 Editors’ Overview Andrew Sharpe, Bart van Ark, Paul Schreyer Spring 2025 | IPM Issue 48 | pp. 1–2](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-48/) [Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence for Productivity Francesco Filippucci, Peter Gal, Katharina Laengle, Matthias Schief, Filiz Unsal Spring 2025 | IPM Issue 48 | pp. 1–26](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-48/opportunities-and-risks-of-artificial-intelligence-for-productivity/) [Cracking the Productivity Code: An International Comparison of UK Productivity John Van Reenen, Xuyi Yang Spring 2024 | IPM Issue 46 | pp. 60–82](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-46/cracking-the-productivity-code-an-international-comparison-of-uk-productivity/) ## Abstract ## Résumé EN FR Copy link Email LinkedIn Issue 32 is a special issue produced in collaboration with the OECD, featuring articles selected from the First Annual Conference of the OECD Global Forum on Productivity, Lisbon, Portugal, July 7-8, 2016. The OECD Global Forum was established in 2015 to share information on structural and policy drivers of productivity and to facilitate diffusion of best policy practices. The 11 articles cover long-term TFP trends, wage-productivity decoupling, global value chains, firm-level productivity heterogeneity, productivity in Portugal and Italy, agglomeration economies, public sector productivity measurement, and pro-productivity institutions. Le numéro 32 est un numéro spécial produit en collaboration avec l’OCDE, comprenant des articles sélectionnés lors de la première conférence annuelle du Forum mondial de l’OCDE sur la productivité, Lisbonne, Portugal, 7-8 juillet 2016. Le Forum mondial de l’OCDE a été créé en 2015 pour partager des informations sur les facteurs structurels et politiques de la productivité et faciliter la diffusion des meilleures pratiques politiques. Les 11 articles portent sur les tendances à long terme de la PMF, le découplage salaire-productivité, les chaînes de valeur mondiales, l’hétérogénéité de la productivité au niveau des entreprises, la productivité au Portugal et en Italie, les économies d’agglomération, la mesure de la productivité du secteur public et les institutions favorables à la productivité. [Download full PDF](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-32-EO.pdf)