Related Projects
This page presents an overview of our current projects, as well as projects conducted in the recent past. These projects are funded by a wide range of institutions, such as the European Commission, the Netherlands Science Organization (NWO), the European Science Foundation (ESF). Most of these projects are undertaken in close collaboration with other institutes.
Projects in Productivity research
PWT
The Next Generation of the Penn World Table
Project coordinator: Robert Feenstra
Description: “This collaborative proposal aims to consolidate and advance both the empirical and theoretical aspects of international comparisons of income, expenditure and production” (funded by the US National Science Foundation and Sloan Foundation)
Duration: 2011-2017
INDICSER
Indicators for evaluating international performance in service sectors
Project Coordinators: Mary O'Mahony and Marcel Timmer
Description: Indicators for evaluating international performance in service sectors (INDICSER). Funded by the European Commission.
Duration: 2009-2012
PWT
Improving and Extending Penn World Tables
Project Coordinators: Robert Feenstra and Alan Heston
Description: “Improved Methods of Estimating Production and Income Across Nations” and “Integrating Expenditure and Production Estimates in International Comparisons” (both funded by US National Science Foundation).
Duration: 2004-2010
EU KLEMS
Project Coordinators: Bart van Ark, Mary O'Mahony and Marcel Timmer
Description: Productivity in the European Union: A Comparative Industry Approach (funded through the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Union).
Duration: 2003-2008
IGA
Industry Growth Accounting Database
Project Coordinators: Bart van Ark and Mary O'Mahony
Description: For the Industry Growth Accounting Database, data on labour skills (three categories) and investment and capital services (3 ICT asset categories and 3 non-ICT categories) have been constructed for Australia, Canada, the US and 4 European countries (France, Germany, The Netherlands and the UK) in addition to the output and labour input estimates from the 60-industry Database.
Duration: 2002-2006
EPKE
Employment Prospects in the Knowledge Economy
Project Coordinators: Bart van Ark and Mary O'Mahony
Description: EU Performance Analysis of the EU Economy from the Point of View of its Industrial Sectors (funded through the Fifth Framework Programme of the European Union).
Duration: 2000-2003
TEG
Technology and Economic Growth
Project Coordinators: Bart van Ark, Erik Dietzenbacher and Bart Verspagen
Description: NWO (Netherlands Science Foundation) project on “Technology and Economic Growth”.
Duration: 2000-2004
ICOP
International Comparison of Output and Productivity by industry
Project Coordinators: Bart van Ark, Angus Maddison and Marcel Timmer
Description: International Comparisons of Output and Productivity by Industry project. This long-standing project to carry out industry of origin comparisons of sectoral output and productivity across countries has evolved over the past decades. Parts of the project has been sponsored amongst other by The Conference Board, FAO, International Labour Office (ILO) and the European Commission.
Duration: 1983-1990
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