Relative Prices and Sectoral Productivity

The relative price of services rises with development. A standard interpretation of this fact is that productivity differences across countries are larger in manufacturing than in services. The service sector comprises heterogeneous categories. We document that many disaggregated service

伴随经济发展进程，服务业的相对价格逐步上升。针对该现象的主流解释认为，各国间制造业的生产率差异显著大于服务业。服务业部门涵盖异质性细分类别，我们针对诸多细分服务业展开了相关记录。