Productivity growth and inter-sector spill-over in Dutch horticulture, 1976-1995

This article calculates nonparametric measures of total factor productivity growth on Dutch horticultural firms in the period 1976-1995. Individual components of total factor productivity growth, i.e., efficiency change and technical change are regressed on socioeconomic factors reflecting the effects of the world oil crises, household and demographic characteristics, location, and investment in physical capital. Also, the article investigates the presence of inter-sector spill-overs between groups of firms with different specializations in Dutch horticulture.