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Dr John Moffat's Outputs (4)

The UK productivity puzzle, 2008–2012: evidence using plant-level estimates of total factor productivity (2016)
Journal Article
Harris, R., & Moffat, J. (2017). The UK productivity puzzle, 2008–2012: evidence using plant-level estimates of total factor productivity. Oxford Economic Papers, 69(3), 529-549. https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpw057

This paper presents new information from plant-level data on the UK’s productivity performance since 2008 and considers whether a fall in the capital-labour ratio explains the UK’s productivity puzzle. The results show that, while both manufacturing... Read More about The UK productivity puzzle, 2008–2012: evidence using plant-level estimates of total factor productivity.

The cohort size-wage relationship in Europe (2016)
Journal Article
Moffat, J., & Roth, D. (2016). The cohort size-wage relationship in Europe. LABOUR, 30(4), 415-432. https://doi.org/10.1111/labr.12081

This paper estimates the impact of cohort size on wages using data on young males in European regions covering 2004-2010. The effect of cohort size on wages is identified through an instrumental variables strategy which, in contrast to previous analy... Read More about The cohort size-wage relationship in Europe.

The Sources of The Scotland-Rest Of The UK Productivity Gap: Implications For Policy (2016)
Journal Article
Harris, R., & Moffat, J. (2017). The Sources of The Scotland-Rest Of The UK Productivity Gap: Implications For Policy. Regional Studies, 51(9), 1297-1311. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2016.1160044

The sources of the Scotland–Rest of the UK productivity gap: implications for policy. Regional Studies. This paper finds that aggregate total factor productivity (TFP) in Scotland was 16% below the ‘rest of the UK’ in 2012. This is mainly due to nega... Read More about The Sources of The Scotland-Rest Of The UK Productivity Gap: Implications For Policy.

Plant Closure in Britain since the Great Recession (2016)
Journal Article
Harris, R., & Moffat, J. (2016). Plant Closure in Britain since the Great Recession. Economics Letters, 140, 27-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2016.01.004

One of the suggested explanations for the UK productivity puzzle is that, since the onset of the Great Recession, low productivity plants that would normally have closed have continued operating. This paper therefore investigates whether there has be... Read More about Plant Closure in Britain since the Great Recession.