Research

Key Publications

Timmer, M.P., M. O’Mahony, B. van Ark and R. Inklaar (2010, forthcoming), Economic Growth in Europe, Cambridge University Press.

O’Mahony, M. and M.P. Timmer (2009), “Output, Input and Productivity Measures at the Industry Level: the EU KLEMS Database”, Economic Journal, 119(538), pp. F374-F403

Feenstra, R., A. Heston, M.P.Timmer and H. Deng (2009), “Estimating Real Production and Expenditures Across Nations: A Proposal for Improving the Penn World Tables”, Review of Economics and Statistics, 91(1), pp. 201-212.

Ark, van B., M. O’Mahony and M.P. Timmer (2008), “European Growth: the End of Convergence”, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 22(1), pp.25–44.

Inklaar, R., M. P. Timmer and B. van Ark (2008), “Market Services Productivity Across Europe and the US”, Economic Policy, 23, pp. 141-194 .

Fremdling, R. H. de Jong and M. P. Timmer (2007), “British and German Manufacturing Productivity Compared. A New Benchmark for 1935/36 Based on Double Deflated Value Added”, Journal of Economic History , 67(2), pp. 350-377.

Los, B. and M.P. Timmer (2005), The 'Appropriate Technology' Explanation of Productivity Growth Differentials: An Empirical Approach, Journal of Development Economics ,77(2), pp.517-531.

Databases

GGDC databases   

EU KLEMS database      

Other Journal Articles

Jorgenson, D.W. and M.P. Timmer (fortcoming), " Structural Change in Advanced Nations: A New Set of Stylised Facts", accepted for publication in the Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Timmer, M.P. and G.J. de Vries (2009), “Structural change and growth accelerations in Asia and Latin America: a new sectoral data set”, Cliometrica, 3(2) pp. 165-190.

Inklaar, R. and M. P. Timmer (2008), “Accounting for Growth in Retail Trade: An International Productivity Comparison”, Journal of Productivity Analysis, 29(1), pp. 23-31.

Inklaar, R. and M. P. Timmer (2007), “International Comparisons of Industry Output, Inputs and Productivity Levels: Methodology and New Results”, Economic Systems Research,  19(3), pp. 343-364.  

Inklaar, R. and M. P. Timmer (2007), “Of yeast and mushrooms: Patterns of industry-level productivity growth”, German Economic Review , 8(2): 174–187

Inklaar, R. M. P. Timmer and B. van Ark (2007), “Mind the gap! International comparisons of productivity in services and goods production”, German Economic Review ,  8(2): 281–307.

Hill, R. and M.P.Timmer (2006), 'Standard Errors as Weights in Multilateral Price Indexes',  Journal of Business and Economic Statistics   24(3), pp. 366-377.

Inklaar, R. and M.P.Timmer (2005), 'Resurgence of Employment Growth in the European Union: The Role of Cycles and Labour Market Reforms', Economic Letters ,   61(1), pp.61-66.

Timmer, M.P and B. van Ark (2005), 'Does Information And Communication Technology Drive Productivity Growth Differentials? A Comparison Of The European Union Countries And The United States', Oxford Economic Papers , 57(4), pp. 693-716 .

Inklaar, R., M. O'Mahony and M.P. Timmer (2005), 'ICT and Europe’s Productivity Performance: Industry-level growth account comparisons with the United States', Review of Income and Wealth,   51(4), pp.505-536

Timmer, M.P., R.Inklaar and B. van Ark (2005), 'Alternative output measurement for the U.S. retail trade sector', Montly Labour Review,   July 2005, pp. 2-8

Timmer, M.P. and B.Los (2005), "Localized Innovation and Productivity Growth in Asia: An Intertemporal DEA Approach", Journal of Productivity Analysis ,23(1), pp. 47-64.

Prasada Rao, D.S. and M.P.Timmer (2003), "Purchasing Power Parities for Industry Comparisons Using Weighted Elteto-Koves-Szulc (EKS) Methods", The Review of Income and Wealth , 49(4), pp. 491-512.

Timmer, M.P. (2003), "Technological development and rates of return to investment in a catching-up economy: the case of South Korea", Structural Change and Economic Dynamics , 14(4), pp. 405-425.

van Ark, B., R.Inklaar, R.H. McGuckin and M.P. Timmer (2003), "The employment effects of the 'new economy'. A comparison of the European Union and the United States", National Institute Economic Review , 184, April 2003, pp. 86-98. 

Broersma, L., R. McGuckin and M.P. Timmer (2003), "The Impact of Computers on Productivity in the Trade Sector: Explorations with Dutch Microdata", De Economist (Quarterly Review of the Royal Netherlands Economic Association), pp. 53-79, 151(1).

Szirmai, A., M. P. Timmer and R. van der Kamp (2002), "Measuring Embodied Technological Change in Indonesian Textiles: The Core Machinery Approach", Journal of Development Studies 39(2), pp. 155-177.

Timmer, M.P. (2002), “Climbing the Technology Ladder Too Fast? New Evidence on Comparative Productivity Performance in Asian Manufacturing”, Journal of Japanese and International Economies , 16, pp.50-72, 2002

Serrano, L. and M.P. Timmer (2002), "Is Technical Change Directed By The Supply Of Skills? The Case Of South Korea", Economic Letters , 76, pp. 289-293, 2002.

van Ark, B.and M.P. Timmer (2002), "Notes and Communications. Industry Productivity Comparisons", De Economist (Quarterly Review of the Royal Netherlands Economic Association) 150(1), 2002, pp. 95-109.

Timmer, M.P. (2001), “Financial and Economic Crises in Asia”, The Review of Income and Wealth , 46(1).

Timmer, M.P. and A.Szirmai (2000), "Productivity growth in Asian manufacturing: the structural bonus hypothesis examined", Structural Change and Economic Dynamics , 11(4), pp. 371-391.

Timmer, M.P. (1999), “Indonesia’s Ascent on the Technology Ladder: Capital Stock and Total Factor Productivity in Indonesian Manufacturing, 1975-1995”, Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies , vol 35(1), pp. 75-97.

Timmer, M.P. and A. Szirmai (1999), “International Comparison of Productivity Performance in Manufacturing in South- and East Asia, 1963-1993”, Oxford Development Studies , vol.27(1), pp.57-79.

 

Books and Contributions to Books

Ark, B. van and M.P. Timmer (2008, forthcoming), “Purchasing Power Parity Adjustments for Productivity Level Comparisons”, Chapter 14 in D.S. Prasada Rao (ed.), Purchasing Power Parities: Methods and Applications, Edward Elgar, forthcoming

Inklaar, R. and M. P. Timmer (2007), “Yeasty Investment and Mushroom Productivity Growth: an Industry Perspective on European and American Performance, 1987–2003”, Chapter 4 in G. Cette, M. Fouquin and H-W Sinn (eds), Divergences in Productivity between Europe and the US, Edward Elgar.

Timmer, M.P. and G. Ypma (2007), “Purchasing Power Parities for International Comparison of Output and Productivity in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the U.S”, Chapter 7 in D.W. Jorgenson, M.Kuroda and K. Motohashi (eds), Productivity in Asia Economic Growth and Competitiviness, Edward Elgar.

Ark, B. van and M.P. Timmer (2006), “Computers and the Big Divide: Productivity Growth in the European Union and the United States”, Chapter 5 in M. Mas and P. Schreyer (eds), Growth, Capital and New Technologies, Fundación BBVA, Bilbao.

R. Inklaar, M. O'Mahony, C. Robinson and M.P. Timmer (2003), "Productivity and Competitiveness in the EU and the US", Chapter III in: M. O'Mahony and B. van Ark (eds), EU Productivity and Competitiveness: A Sectoral Perspective. Can Europe Resume the Catching-up Process?, Report for European Commission, October 2003. download  

R. Inklaar, L. Stokes, E. Stuivenwold, M.P. Timmer and G. Ypma (2003), "Data Sources and Methodology", Chapter VII in M. O'Mahony and B. van Ark (eds), EU Productivity and Competitiveness: A Sectoral Perspective. Can Europe Resume the Catching-up Process?, Report for European Commission, October 2003. download  [PDF] 

B. van Ark and M.P. Timmer (2003), "Economic Convergence and Divergence", in J. Mokyr (ed), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Volume 2, pp. 128-131, Oxford University Press, 2003.

B.van Ark and M.P. Timmer (2002), “Realising Growth Potential: South Korea and Taiwan, 1960 to 1998”, in A. Maddison, D.S. Prasada Rao and W. Shepherd (eds), The Asian Economies in the Twentieth Century , Edward Elgar, 2002, pp. 226-244.

M.P. Timmer and B. van Ark (2002), “Capital Formation And Foreign Direct Investment In Korea And Taiwan: Coping With Diminishing Returns”, in J.T. Lindblad (ed.), Asian Growth and Foreign Capital: Case Studies from Eastern Asia , Amsterdam: Aksant, pp.59-98, 2002. download  [PDF]

A. Szirmai, M.P. Timmer and R. van der Kamp (2002) “Growth of the Capital Stock and Technological Change in Indonesian Textile Industry”, J.T. Lindblad (ed.), Asian Growth and Foreign Capital: Case Studies from Eastern Asia, Amsterdam: Aksant, pp.153-182, 2002.

M.P. Timmer (2000) The Dynamics of Asian Manufacturing. A Comparison in the late Twentieth Century , Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham.

van Ark, B., E.J. Monnikhof and M.P. Timmer (1999), “Prices, Quantities and Productivity in Industry: A Study of Transition Economies in a Comparative Perspective”, R. Lipsey and A. Heston (eds), International and Interarea Comparisons of Prices, Income and Output, NBER, Chicago University Press, p.327-364.

R. van der Kamp, A. Szirmai and M.P. Timmer (1998), “Technology and Human Resources in the Indonesian Textile Sector”, in: Hill,H. and T.K. Wie (eds.), Indonesia's Technological Challenge, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore.