University of Tehran Iranian Economic Review 1026-6542 7 7 2002 07 01 Measuring Productivity and Efficiency Via the Production Function 1 10 30856 10.22059/ier.2002.30856 EN Journal Article 2015 11 30 This paper is a survey of recent contributions to and developments in the relationship between efficiency and productivity via the production function. The objective is to provide a brief discussion on data and on the methods of measuring efficiency and productivity. First, we introduce the reader to the measurement of partial and total factor productivity in the context of static and firm - specific modeling. Second, we survey the econometric approach to efficiency analysis. Third. the relationship between productivity growth is reviewed. https://ier.ut.ac.ir/article_30856_7d2c93d33f96696be3f98d16b8df6905.pdf