Key publications

Inklaar, Robert and D.S. Prasada Rao (2017), “Cross-country income levels over time: did the developing world suddenly become much richer?” American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 9(1): 265–290.
Inklaar, Robert and W. Erwin Diewert (2016), “Measuring industry productivity and cross-country convergence” Journal of Econometrics 191(2): 426–433.
Feenstra, Robert C., Robert Inklaar and Marcel P. Timmer (2015), “The Next Generation of the Penn World Table” American Economic Review 105(10): 3150–3182.
Inklaar, Robert and Jing Yang (2012), “The impact of financial crises and tolerance for uncertainty” Journal of Development Economics 97(2), 466-480.
Inklaar, Robert, Herman J. de Jong and Reitze Gouma (2011), “Did technology shocks drive the Great Depression? An analysis of productivity movements in U.S. manufacturing 1919-1939” Journal of Economic History 71(4), 827-858.
Timmer, Marcel P., Robert Inklaar, Mary O’Mahony and Bart van Ark (2010), Economic Growth in Europe, a comparative industry perspective, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.
Inklaar, Robert, Marcel P. Timmer and Bart van Ark (2008), “Market services productivity across Europe and the US” Economic Policy, 23(53): 139-194.

Publications with PhD students

Gallardo Albarrán, D., & Inklaar, R. (2020), "The role of capital and productivity in accounting for income differences since 1913" Journal of Economic Surveys.
Inklaar, Robert and Marianna Papakonstantinou (2020), “Vintage effects in human capital: Europe versus the United States” Review of Income and Wealth 66(1), 1–25.
Freeman, Daan, Robert Inklaar and W. Erwin Diewert (2021), "Natural resources and missing inputs in international productivity comparisons" Review of Income and Wealth 67(1): 1–17.
Inklaar, Robert, Addisu A. Lashitew and Marcel P. Timmer (2017), “The Role of Resource Misallocation in Cross-country Differences in Manufacturing Productivity” Macroeconomic Dynamics 21(3): 733–756.
Chen, Wen and Robert Inklaar (2016), “Productivity spillovers of organisation capital” Journal of Productivity Analysis 45(3): 229–245.

Other publications

Fernald, John and Robert Inklaar (2022), "The UK Productivity "Puzzle" in an International Comparative Perspective" The Productivity Institute Working Paper, no. 020.
Inklaar, Robert and Pieter Woltjer, "Is Egypt really more productive than the United States? The data behind the Penn World Table" International Productivity Monitor 41: 118–137.
Fernald, John and Robert Inklaar (2020), "Does disappointing European productivity growth reflect a slowing trend? Weighing the evidence and assessing the future" International Productivity Monitor 38: 104–135.
Cavallo, Alberto, Erwin Diewert, Robert C. Feenstra, Robert Inklaar and Marcel Timmer (2018), “Using Online Prices for Measuring Real Consumption across Countries.” AEA Papers and Proceedings, 108, 483-487.
Inklaar, Robert, Herman J. de Jong and Reitze Gouma (2016), “A note on technology shocks and the Great Depression” Journal of Economic History 76(3): 934–936.
Inklaar, Robert, Michael Koetter and Felix Noth (2015), “Bank market power, factor reallocation and aggregate growth” Journal of Financial Stability 19: 31-44.
Inklaar, Robert and Marcel P. Timmer (2014), “The Relative Price of Services” Review of Income and Wealth 60(4): 727–746.
Inklaar, Robert and J. Christina Wang (2013), “Real Output of Bank Services: What Counts Is What Banks Do, Not What They Own” Economica 80: 96-117.
Colangelo, Antonio and Robert Inklaar (2012), “Bank Output Measurement in the Euro Area – a modified approach” Review of Income and Wealth 58(1): 142-165.
Basu, Susanto, Robert Inklaar and Christina Wang (2011), “The Value of Risk: Measuring the Services of U.S. Commercial Banks” Economic Inquiry 49(1): 226-245.
Inklaar, Robert (2010), “The Sensitivity of Capital Services Measurement: Measure all Assets and the Cost of Capital” Review of Income and Wealth 56(2): 389-412.
Inklaar, Robert and Marcel P. Timmer (2009), “Productivity Convergence Across Industries and Countries: The Importance of Theory-based Measurement” Macroeconomic Dynamics 13(S2): 218-240.
Inklaar, Robert and Marcel P. Timmer (2008), “Accounting for Growth in Retail Trade: An International Productivity Comparison” Journal of Productivity Analysis 29(1): 23-31.
de Haan, Jakob, Robert Inklaar and Richard Jong-A-Pin (2008), “Will business cycles in the Euro Area converge?” Journal of Economic Surveys 22(2): 234-273.
Inklaar, Robert, Richard Jong-A-Pin and Jakob de Haan (2008), “Trade and Business Cycle Synchronization in OECD Countries - A Re-examination” European Economic Review 52(4): 646-666.
Inklaar, Robert (2007), “Cyclical productivity in Europe and the United States, Evaluating the evidence on returns to scale and input utilization” Economica 74(296): 822-841.
Inklaar, Robert and Marcel P. Timmer (2007), “International Comparisons of Industry Output, Inputs and Productivity Levels: Methodology and New Results” Economic Systems Research 19(3): 343-363.
Inklaar, Robert and Marcel P. Timmer (2006), “Resurgence of Employment Growth in the European Union: The Role of Cycles and Labour Market Reforms” Economics Letters 91(1): 61-66.
Inklaar, Robert, Mary O’Mahony and Marcel P. Timmer (2005), “ICT and Europe’s Productivity Performance, Industry-level growth account comparisons with the United States” Review of Income and Wealth 51(4): 505-536.
van Ark, Bart, Robert Inklaar and Robert H. McGuckin (2003), “ICT and productivity in Europe and the United States. Where do the differences come from?” CESifo Economic Studies 49(3): 295-318.
Haan, Jakob de, Robert Inklaar and Olaf Sleijpen (2002), “Have business cycles become more synchronised?” Journal of Common Market Studies 40(1): 23-42.
Inklaar, Robert and Jakob de Haan (2001), “Is there a European Business Cycle? A Comment” Oxford Economic Papers 53(2): 215-220.