Commissioned by: European Commission, Framework Programme
Study by: Austrian Institute of Economic Research – Statistics Netherlands – Istituto Nazionale di Statistica – Lunaria Associazione di Promozione Sociale e Impresa Sociale – United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology – Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques – Scuola superiore Sant'Anna – Statistics Austria – University College London – University of Bielefeld – University of Ljubljana – University of Tartu – Centre for European Economic Research – Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
This paper uses the supply tables underlying WIOT data to explore the provision of services by manufacturing. The service
shares differ substantially across countries and sectors, while they remain largely stable over time. Findings from a latent
class analysis reveal that servitization in-crease with labour productivity. The service intensities in the sectoral production
mix of broadly defined manufacturing sectors are lower in countries with higher manufacturing shares. This holds for both
catching-up and developed economies. Yet, servitization is largely unrelated to productivity and employment growth. We therefore
argue that the degree of servitization is contingent on and an attribute of the respective economic model in which a sector
operates.
JEL-Codes:L60, P51, O14
Keywords:Servitiziation, employment, productivity, latent class analysis, WIOD
Research group:Industrial, Innovation and International Economics