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Measurement and Interpretation of Productivity

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Size: 449 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1979

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Panel to Review Productivity Statistics, Committee on National Statistics, Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences
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Front Matter i-iv  
Contents v-vi (skim)
Acknowledgments vii-viii (skim)
Report 1-2 (skim)
1 Introduction, Findings, and Recommendations 3-18 (skim)
2 Uses, Misuses, and Limitations of Productivity Statistics 19-34 (skim)
3 Basic Productivity Concepts: Meaning and Measurement 35-49 (skim)
4 Government Measures of Productivity: Concepts, Mehtods, and Sources 50-87 (skim)
5 The Measurement of Output 88-121 (skim)
6 The Measurment of Inputs 122-145 (skim)
7 Analyzing the Sources of Growth 146-165 (skim)
8 Measures of Productivity for Companies 166-180 (skim)
9 International Comparisons of Productivity 181-205 (skim)
Supplementary Statement 206-210 (skim)
References 211-218 (skim)
Papers 219-220 (skim)
Measurement Error in Productivity Statistics 221-238 (skim)
Revisions in BLS Output per Hour 239-254 (skim)
Measuring Outputs in Hospitals 255-275 (skim)
Welfare Dimensions of Productivity Measurement 276-308 (skim)
A Note on the Form of the Production Function and Productivity 309-317 (skim)
Accounting for Intermediate Input: The Link Between Sectoral and Aggregate Measures of Productivity Growth 318-333 (skim)
Evaluation of Work-Force Composition Adjustment 334-362 (skim)
Comparison of Industry Output Measures in Manufacturing 363-390 (skim)
Data Adequacy for Productivity Analysis: A Case Study of the Primary Paper Industry 391-422 (skim)
Productivity Measurement in the Men's and Boy's Clothing Industry 423-444 (skim)
Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff 445-449 (skim)

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