				Data for 

Bernard and Jones "Comparing Apples to Oranges: Productivity Convergence
and Measurement across Industries and Countries" American Economics
Review, forthcoming.


The following files are zipped (using the Unix "zip" command) into the
file ApplData.zip.  The files may be unzipped using the Unix "unzip"
command or using the DOS/Windows "pkunzip" command.


Archive:  ApplData.zip
 Length    Date    Time    Name
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   3271  04-03-96  16:47   PPPHrs.txt
  46026  04-06-92  08:45   ee1.txt
  38883  04-06-92  08:45   ee2.txt
  48626  04-06-92  08:45   et1.txt
  39423  04-06-92  08:45   et2.txt
  59125  04-06-92  08:45   gdp1.txt
  53972  04-06-92  08:46   gdp2.txt
  58477  04-06-92  08:46   gdpd1.txt
  54280  04-06-92  08:46   gdpd2.txt
  58477  04-06-92  08:46   gdpv1.txt
  53925  04-06-92  08:46   gdpv2.txt
  49816  04-06-92  08:46   ind1.txt
  40805  04-06-92  08:46   ind2.txt
  55108  04-06-92  08:46   it1.txt
  47712  04-06-92  08:46   it2.txt
  59832  04-06-92  08:46   itd1.txt
  47549  04-06-92  08:46   itd2.txt
  59801  04-06-92  08:46   itv1.txt
  46177  04-06-92  08:46   itv2.txt
  50821  04-06-92  08:46   ktvd1.txt
  41260  04-06-92  08:46   ktvd2.txt
  33240  04-06-92  08:46   mgs1.txt
  32864  04-06-92  08:46   mgs2.txt
  54203  04-06-92  08:46   op1.txt
  52985  04-06-92  08:46   op2.txt
  33888  04-06-92  08:46   rkmv1.txt
  31073  04-06-92  08:46   rkmv2.txt
  55117  04-06-92  08:46   wsss1.txt
  50868  04-06-92  08:46   wsss2.txt
  33233  04-06-92  08:46   xgs1.txt
  32736  04-06-92  08:46   xgs2.txt
   3821  04-04-96  09:37   Readme.txt
  79902  04-04-96  09:33   apndfig.ps
  57989  04-04-96  09:32   appendix.ps
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The file PPPHrs.txt contains the PPP and manufacturing hours data.  The
file appendix.ps is a PostScript file that contains a Data Appendix with a
brief discussion of this data and a collection of additional results.
The file apndfig.ps is a PostScript file containing three figures
related to the Data Appendix.

The .txt files contain the data, with the first 7 countries in the
aaaaa1.txt file and the second 7 countries in the aaaaa2.txt file, where
"aaaaa" is the variable name (see below).  The .txt files are ASCII
files that list a time series for a Country, Sector, and Variable.
Data are separated by commas, and missing data are indicated with a
period (".").  

Countries, sectors, and variables are listed below.  This data is taken
from an updated version of the OECD Intersectoral Data Base, described
by Meyer-zu-Schloctern (1988), "An International Sectoral Data Base for
Thirteen OECD Countries", OECD Department of Economics and Statistics
Working Paper.

Countries:

usa    U.S.         
can    Canada       
jpn    Japan        
deu    W. Germany   
fra    France       
ita    Italy        
gbr    U.K.         
aus    Australia    
nld    Netherlands  
bel    Belgium      
dnk    Denmark      
nor    Norway       
swe    Sweden       
fin    Finland      


Sectors:

agr	Agriculture
mid	Mining and Quarrying
man	Manufacturing
fod		Food, beverages, and tobacco
tex		Textiles
wod		Wood and products
pap		Paper, printing, and publishing
che		Chemicals
mnm		Non-metallic mineral products
bmi		Basic metal products
meq		Machinery and Equipment
bma			Metal products except machinery and transport
mai			Agricultural and industrial machinery
mio			Office, data processing, precision/optical instr.
mel			Electrical goods
mtr			Transport equipment
mot		Other manufactured products
egw	Electricity, Gas, and Water
cst	Construction
ret	Wholesale, retail trade, restaurants, hotels
rwh		Wholesale, retail trade
hot		Restaurants, hotels
trs	Transport, Storage, and Communication
com		Communication
fni	Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate
fns		Finance, Insurance
res		Real Estate
soc	Community, Social Personal Services
tin	Total Industries
pgs	Producers of Government Services
opr	Other products
tet	Total


Variables:

EE	Number of emplyees
ET	Total employment
GDP	Gross domestic product, value
GDPV	Gross domestic product, 1980 prices
GDPD	Gross domestic product, 1980 prices, US$ equivalences
IT	Gross investment, value
ITV	Gross investment, 1980 prices
ITD	Gross investment, 1980 prices, US$ equivalences
KTVD	Capital stock, 1980 prices, US$ equivalences
RKMV	Ratio of machiner and equipment over total capital stock,
	1980 prices, local currency
IND	Ratio of net indirect taxes to GDP
OP	Ratio of operating surplus to GDP minus net indirect taxes
WSSS	Compensation of employees, value
XGS	Exports of Goods in US$
MGS	Imports of Goods in US$
