--- canonical_url: "https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/issue-2/the-oecd-productivity-manual-a-guide-to-the-measurement-of-industry-level-and-aggregate-productivity/" title: "The OECD Productivity Manual: A Guide to the Measurement of Industry-Level and Aggregate Productivity" author: name: "CSLS" url: "https://csls.ca/author/cslc/" date_published: "2026-07-10T09:13:11+00:00" date_modified: "2026-07-13T06:38:10+00:00" post_type: "ipm" summary: "" ipm_issue_period: - "Spring 2001" ipm_keyword: - "capital services" - "growth accounting" - "index numbers" - "labour productivity" - "multi-factor productivity" - "OECD productivity manual" - "productivity measurement" - "statistical methodology" ipm_research_theme: - "Measurement and methodology" ipm_country_focus: - "International" - "OECD" featured_image: "https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IPM_50_banner.webp" status: "publish" --- # The OECD Productivity Manual: A Guide to the Measurement of Industry-Level and Aggregate Productivity Canonical URL: https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/issue-2/the-oecd-productivity-manual-a-guide-to-the-measurement-of-industry-level-and-aggregate-productivity/ # The OECD Productivity Manual: A Guide to the Measurement of Industry-Level and Aggregate Productivity [Download full PDF article](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-2-5-Schreyer.pdf) Cite this article × Cite this article as: Schreyer, Paul. 2001. “The OECD Productivity Manual: A Guide to the Measurement of Industry-Level and Aggregate Productivity.” International Productivity Monitor, No. 2 (Spring 2001): 37–51. https://www.csls.ca/ipm-archive/issue-2/the-oecd-productivity-manual-a-guide-to-the-measurement-of-industry-level-and-aggregate-productivity/ ## Author: - Paul Schreyer OECD ## IPM Issue 2 Spring 2001 pp. 37–51 ## Related IPM articles [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 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/) [Accounting for the Decline of Canada’s Real GDP Per Capita since Mid-2022 Philip Smith Spring 2024 | IPM Issue 46 | pp. 83–100](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-46/accounting-for-the-decline-of-canadas-real-gdp-per-capita-since-mid-2022/) [Data Appendix: International Comparison of UK Productivity John Van Reenen, Xuyi Yang Spring 2024 | IPM Issue 46 | pp. 38–82](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-46/data-appendix-international-comparison-of-uk-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/) [Measuring Productivity: The Response of National Statistical Institutes to the OECD’s Productivity and Capital Manuals Nicholas Oulton Fall 2023 | IPM Issue 45 | pp. 200–225](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-45/measuring-productivity-the-response-of-national-statistical-institutes-to-the-oecds-productivity-and-capital-manuals/) [Decomposing Canada’s Post-2000 Productivity Performance and Pandemic-Era Productivity Slowdown Chris Haun, Tim Sargent Fall 2023 | IPM Issue 45 | pp. 5–27](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-45/decomposing-canadas-post-2000-productivity-performance-and-pandemic-era-productivity-slowdown/) ## Abstract ## Résumé EN FR Copy link Email LinkedIn This article presents the new OECD Productivity Manual—the first comprehensive OECD guide to productivity measurement since 1966—describing its objectives, scope, and key conceptual contributions. The manual provides accessible guidance for statistical offices and researchers on measuring labour productivity and multi-factor productivity at both industry and aggregate levels. It discusses the links between economic theory and index number theory, addresses the treatment of capital services, and describes desirable properties of productivity measures. The article also highlights the manual’s treatment of the relationship between labour productivity and multi-factor productivity as a tool for growth accounting analysis. Cet article présente le nouveau Manuel de productivité de l’OCDE — le premier guide complet de l’OCDE sur la mesure de la productivité depuis 1966 — en décrivant ses objectifs, sa portée et ses principales contributions conceptuelles. Le manuel offre des orientations accessibles aux offices statistiques et aux chercheurs sur la mesure de la productivité du travail et de la productivité multifactorielle aux niveaux industriel et agrégé. Il examine les liens entre la théorie économique et la théorie des nombres indices, traite du traitement des services du capital et décrit les propriétés souhaitables des mesures de productivité. L’article met également en lumière le traitement, par le manuel, de la relation entre productivité du travail et productivité multifactorielle comme outil d’analyse de la comptabilité de la croissance. [Download full PDF](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-2-5-Schreyer.pdf)