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Table 1 Output per worker and total factor productivity in Israel, 1970-1999

From: Do high-skill immigrants raise productivity? Evidence from Israeli manufacturing firms, 1990-1999

Average yearly change

 

Output per worker

Total factor productivity

 

Manufacturing

Total private sector

Manufacturing

Total private sector

1970-1979

4.42%

4.58%

2.22%

2.81%

1980-1989

1.67%

1.51%

0.15%

0.91%

1990-1999

3.14%

1.04%

1.63%

0.70%

  1. Source: Author’s calculations based on data from the Bank of Israel Annual Report, 2003.