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TED1: This file contains time series data on Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Population, Employment, Total Hours Worked, Per Capita Income and Labor Productivity (measured as GDP per Person Employed and GDP per Hour Worked). Data is available for 130 countries, plus a second version of Chinese data based on alternative data and a second version of US GDP data based on alternative ICT investment price deflators, covering the period 1950-2021.
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TED2: file contains time series data on the contributions of factor inputs - labor (Labor Quantity and Labor Quality), capital (Non-ICT Capital Services and ICT Capital Services) and Total Factor Productivity Growth (TFPG) - to GDP growth, obtained using a growth accounting method. The file also contains data on the Share of Labor Compensation in GDP which is used to assign weights to the factor inputs in deriving their contributions to GDP growth. Data is available for 130 countries, plus a second version of Chinese data based on alternative data and a second version of US GDP data based on alternative ICT investment price deflators, covering the period 1950-2021.
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Regional aggregates: This file presents growth rates of some key TED variables, including GDP, Employment, Labor productivity and TFP, for 20 major economies and regions in the world, covering the period 1990-2021.
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All data flat file (updated July 2020): This file contains all data from the 'TED1' and 'TED2' excel files in .txt format.
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