DO INTER-SECTORAL FLOWS OF SERVICES MATTER FOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH? AN INPUT/OUTPUT ANALYSIS OF OECD COUNTRIES

摘要

This article investigates the impact of technology-intensive services sectors on direct and indirect labour coefficients in a sample of OECD countries. We find that both domestic and imported services contribute to increase productivity. We also find that different service industries (transport, communication, financial, and business services) have a different impact on technological change in non-service sectors classified according to the Pavitt taxonomy.