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# Online Appendix: Productivity Convergence across U.S., Japan, and Germany

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# Online Appendix: Productivity Convergence across U.S., Japan, and Germany

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Baily, Martin, Barry Bosworth, and Siddharth Doshi. 2020. “Online Appendix: Productivity Convergence across U.S., Japan, and Germany.” International Productivity Monitor, No. 38 (Spring 2020): 1–3. https://www.csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-38/online-appendix-productivity-convergence-across-u-s-japan-and-germany/

## Authors:

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Martin Baily
Institute for International Economics

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Barry Bosworth
Brookings Institution

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Siddharth Doshi
Brookings Institution

## IPM Issue 38

Spring 2020 pp. 1–3

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Statistical appendix to IPM-38-4 providing additional industry-level convergence charts and tables comparing labour productivity and TFP levels and growth rates for the United States, Japan, and Germany using both GGDC PPPs and JNS PPPs (dual approach).

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