Skip to main content

The Official Journal of the Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS)

Table 1 Car paint example

From: Quality-adjusted productivity gain in the propagation of innovation

 

Output

Inputs

 

Car

Paint

Metal

Labor

(a) Benchmark input-output accounts for the car industry.

Price (standard)

1130

25

500

350

Quality (standard)

1

1

1

1

Quantity

1

15

0.6

1.3

Unit cost (standard)

1130

375

300

455

Cost share

1

0.332

0.265

0.403

Productivity

0.419

(b) Input-output accounts for the car industry ex-post of paint innovation.

Price (sample)

1169

32

500

350

Quality (sample)

1.2

2

1

1

Price (standardized)

974

16

500

350

Quantity

1

12.94

0.517

1.121

Unit cost (standardized)

974

323

259

392

Productivity

0.486 (gain: 1.160)

Productivity (quality-adjusted)

0.419 (gain: 1.000)

(c) Input-output accounts for the car industry ex-post of paint and car innovations.

Price (sample)

1300

32

500

350

Quality (sample)

1.65

2

1

1

Price (standardized)

788

16

500

350

Quantity

1.237

12.94

0.517

1.121

Unit Cost (standardized)

974

323

259

392

Productivity

0.602 (gain: 1.434)

Productivity (quality-adjusted)

0.519 (gain: 1.237)