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Appendix - Tables (continued)

Appendix Table A4 - Comparisons of average labour productivity at sector level, UK, US, France and Germany, 2002
(Index numbers: UK=100)
SIC Sector US France Germany
SIC Sector US France Germany
01-05 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 118 71 41
10-14 Mining and quarrying 74 47 22
15-16 Food, drink and tobacco 120 102 72
17 Textiles 115 169 113
18 Manufacture of wearing apparel; dressing and dyeing of fur 190 163 138
19 Leather and footwear 141 154 77
20 Wood and wood products 144 182 138
21 Pulp, paper and paper products 117 161 131
22 Printing and publishing 87 94 83
23 Mineral oil refining, coke and nuclear fuel 126 168 172
24 Chemicals 125 157 84
25 Rubber and plastics 110 134 96
26 Non-metallic mineral products 82 186 98
27 Basic metals 157 185 160
28 Fabricated metal products 127 139 105
29 Mechanical engineering 138 135 116
30 Computers and office machinery 94 91 109
31 Electrical machinery 179 186 124
32 Electronic components and capital goods 229 132 108
33 Medical, precision and optical instruments 149 126 92
34 Motor vehicles 229 222 161
35 Other transport equipment 134 154 127
36, 37 Manufacturing nec, Recycling 104 116 92
40, 41 Electricity, gas and water supply 154 82 53
45 Construction 129 94 96
50 Motor vehicle trade and repairs 119 102 89
51 Wholesale trade and commission trade 159 109 121
52 Retail trade and repair of household goods 176 158 107
55 Hotels and catering 149 259 77
60 Inland transport 158 120 74
61 Water transport 121 85 149
62 Air transport 157 138 269
63 Supporting and auxiliary transport activities; travel agents 116 133 78
64 Post and telecommunications 146 214 307
65 Financial services, except insurance and pension funding 194 122 91
66 Insurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security 75 43 54
67 Activities auxiliary to financial services 296 101 117
70 Real estate activities 171 148 213
71 Renting of machinery and equipment 153 164 505
72 Computer services and related activities 143 152 155
73 Research and development 172 119 124
74 Other business services 130 132 147
90, 91, 92, 93 Other community, social and personal services 140 81 172
All market sectors 141 132 122

Notes: Derived from Mason, O’Leary, O’Mahony and Robinson (2006).

Some differences between this 4-country study and the present study need to be noted:

  1. Total market sectors in the 4-country study includes some real estate activities (part of SIC 70) and social, community and personal services (UK SIC 90-91) which are not included in the definition of market sectors in the present study.  These sectors account for just under 4% of total market sectors employment in the UK in the 4-country study.
  2. Average annual hours worked per employee in the 4-country study were derived from GGDC (2005) for all four countries, including the UK. However, for the present UK-New Zealand comparison new estimates of UK hours worked have been derived from Labour Force Survey data in order to ensure comparability with New Zealand hours data.

Appendix Table A5 - Relative physical capital per hour worked, UK, US, France and Germany, 2002
(Index numbers UK = 100)
SIC Sector US/UK France/UK Germany/UK
Index numbers (UK=100)
Index numbers (UK=100)
SIC Sector US/UK France/UK Germany/UK
01-05 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 72 97 94
10-14 Mining and quarrying 77 . 19
10-14, 23 Mining and quarrying; Mineral oil refining, coke and nuclear fuel . 18 .
15-16 Food, drink and tobacco 88 137 126
17 Textiles 157 200 332
18 Manufacture of wearing apparel; dressing and dyeing of fur 100 . 341
18-19 Clothing and leather goods . 145 .
19 Leather and footwear 677 . 206
20 Wood and wood products 148 . 236
20-21 Wood and paper products . 178 .
21 Pulp, paper and paper products 179 . 239
22 Printing and publishing 102 116 178
23 Mineral oil refining, coke and nuclear fuel 142 . 159
24 Chemicals 136 . 174
24-25 Chemicals, rubber and plastics . 159 .
25 Rubber and plastics 85 . 97
26 Non-metallic mineral products 118 215 226
27 Basic metals 124 . 126
27-28 Basic metals and fabricated metal products . 148 .
28 Fabricated metal products 162 . 207
29 Mechanical engineering 179 133 166
30 Computers and office machinery 204 . 340
30-33 Computers, electronic and instrument engineering . 147 .
31 Electrical machinery 217 . 213
32 Electronic components and capital goods 137 . 143
33 Medical, precision and optical instruments 218 . 180
34 Motor vehicles 76 160 152
35 Other transport equipment 144 184 185
36, 37 Manufacturing nec, Recycling 141 272 285
40, 41 Electricity, gas and water supply 139 92 123
45 Construction 195 227 260
50 Motor vehicle trade and repairs 116 146 191
51 Wholesale trade and commission trade 154 154 178
52 Retail trade and repair of household goods 168 167 78
55 Hotels and catering 107 185 83
60 Inland transport 134 . 241
60-63 Transport services . 119 .
61 Water transport 303 . 194
62 Air transport 90 . 109
63 Supporting and auxiliary transport activities; travel agents 44 . 150
64 Post and telecommunications 208 93 255
65 Financial services, except insurance and pension funding 251 183 213
66 Insurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security 29 97 95
67 Activities auxiliary to financial services 382 . .
70 Real estate activities 128 44 .
71 Renting of machinery and equipment 208 . 753
71, 72, 74, 90 Rental, computer and other business services . 120 .
72 Computer services and related activities 148 . 271
73 Research and development 119 136 182
74 Other business services 159 . 645
90, 91, 92, 93 Other community, social and personal services 60   175
01-74; 90-93 All market sectors 117 128 167

Notes: Derived from Mason, O’Leary, O’Mahony and Robinson (2006).

Note that relative capital per hour worked in this four-country study is based on measures of only three different types of capital asset: structures, plant and machinery and vehicles. For the present study we distinguish five different capital assets: structures, computers, other plant and machinery, vehicles and intangibles (principally software).


 

Appendix Table A6 - Estimates of relative labour quality in the UK, US, France and Germany, 2002
(Index numbers: UK=100)
SIC code Sector US/UK France/UK Germany/UK
SIC code Sector US/UK France/UK Germany/UK
01-05 Agriculture, hunting, Fishing, fish farms, hatcheries etc 98 99 109
10-14 Mining, quarrying etc 92 95 94
15-16 Food,beverage,tobacco products manufacture 93 90 105
17 Textile manufacture 95 109 112
18 Clothing,fur manufacture 95 100 115
19 Leather,leather goods manufacture 90 97 110
20 Wood,straw,cork,wood prods(not furn) 88 92 106
21 Pulp,paper,paper prods manufacture 101 103 107
22 Printing,publishing,recorded media 99 95 98
23 Coke,petrol prods,nuclear fuel man. 105 101 102
24 Chemicals,chemical products man. 103 92 98
25 Rubber,plastic products manufacture 99 96 109
26 Other non-metallic products man. 95 91 107
28 Fabric-metal prod (not mach,eqt) man. 91 91 104
29 Mach,eqt manufacture 94 97 106
30 Office mach,computer manufacture 112 115 105
31 Elec mach,eqt manufacture 109 93 109
32 Radio,TV,communication eqt man. 114 107 108
33 Medical,precision,optical eqt man. 105 97 101
34 Motor veh,trailer,etc manufacture 99 93 108
35 Other transport eqt manufacture 102 96 102
36 Furniture etc manufacture 96 94 107
40-41 Electricity, gas and water 101 99 103
45 Construction 93 92 105
50 Sales of motor vehs,parts,fuel etc 103 99 106
51 Wsale,commission trade (fee,contract) 116 109 107
52 Retail trade (not motor veh) repairs 105 104 108
55 Hotels,restaurants 95 101 104
60 Transport by land,pipeline 101 105 108
61 Water transport 104 132 109
62 Air transport 104 107 100
63 Aux transport activ.,travel agents 111 104 104
64 Post,telecommunications 111 106 106
65-67 Financial services 112 106 102
72 Computer,related activities 112 112 102
73 Research,development   98 103
74 Other business activities 110 103 101
90-93 Other services 99 101 105
01-74; 90-93 TOTAL market sectors 102 103 105

Note: Derived from Mason, O’Leary, O’Mahony and Robinson (2006) See text in Section 5.2 for details of calculations.

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