U.S. productivity / Jackson B. Powell, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Powell, Jackson B., editor.

Series:

Economic issues, problems and perspectives series.

Economic Issues, Problems and Perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial productivity--United States.

Industrial productivity.

Labor productivity--United States.

Labor productivity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (152 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2010.

Summary:

Among the goals of economic policy is a rising standard of living, and it is generally understood that the means to that end is rising productivity. This book examines the link between productivity and living standards and the trends and proposals in productivity growth.

Contents:

U.S. PRODUCTIVITY; U.S. PRODUCTIVITY; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 PRODUCTIVITY AND NATIONAL STANDARDS OF LIVING; SUMMARY ; INTRODUCTION ; FROM PRODUCTIVITY TO THE STANDARD OF LIVING ; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS ; CONCLUSION ; End Notes ; Chapter 2 PRODUCTIVITY: WILL THE FASTER GROWTH RATE CONTINUE? ; SUMMARY ; INTRODUCTION ; WHAT IS PRODUCTIVITY? ; THE DIFFICULTY OF PROJECTING PRODUCTIVITY ; THE CYCLICAL NATURE OF PRODUCTIVITY ; MEASUREMENT ISSUES ; Problems in Measuring Real Output ; GROWTH IN LABOR PRODUCTIVITY ; The Post-1973 Slowdown in Productivity Growth

ACCOUNTING FOR ECONOMIC GROWTHCOMPUTERS AND PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH ; Accounting for the Role of Computers in the Post-1995 Acceleration in Productivity Growth; IS IT THE WHOLE STORY? ; WILL THE FASTER PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH CONTINUE? ; End Notes ; Chapter 3 PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH: TRENDS AND PROPOSALS ; SUMMARY ; WHAT IS PRODUCTIVITY? ; Measurement Issues ; Problems in Measuring Real Output ; Productivity Growth in the Short Run ; Productivity Growth in the Long Run ; The Post-1973 Slowdown in Productivity Growth ; The Post-1995 Acceleration in Productivity Growth

Will the Post-1995 Growth Rates Continue? End Notes ; Chapter 4 IS THE UNITED STATES LOSING ITS PRODUCTIVITY ADVANTAGE? ; PRODUCTIVITY TRENDS IN THE UNITED STATES AND DEVELOPED ECONOMIES ; COMPARING PRODUCTIVITY ACROSS COUNTRIES ; PRODUCTIVITY TRENDS IN THE UNITED STATES AND EMERGING MARKETS; FOREIGN PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AND THE U.S. ECONOMY; Consumers ; Exporters ; Import-Competing Firms ; Labor ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; End Notes; Chapter 5 LABOR PRODUCTIVITY: DEVELOPMENTS SINCE 1995; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH SINCE 1995 ; NEW CYCLICAL PATTERN ; SHIFTING SOURCES OF GROWTH

EXPLAINING THE POST-1995 PRODUCTIVITY ACCELERATION EXPLAINING THE POST-2001 PRODUCTIVITY ACCELERATION ; EXPLAINING THE LAG IN EUROPEAN PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH ; CBO'S PROJECTIONS ; End Notes ; Chapter 6 A RETROSPECTIVE LOOK AT THE UNITED STATES PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH RESURGENCE ; ABSTRACT ; I. INTRODUCTION ; II. THE EVOLVING PRODUCTIVITY PICTURE ; a) The Official Statistics ; b) Interpretation ; III. UPDATED EMPIRICAL ESTIMATES ; a) Data ; b) Empirical Results ; IV. PROJECTING PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH ; a) Methodology and Data ; b) Productivity Projections ; c) Alternative Projections ; CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES End Notes ; CHAPTER SOURCES ; INDEX ; Blank Page

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61728-064-X