1 option
The NBER Manufacturing Productivity Database / Eric J. Bartelsman, Wayne Gray.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bartelsman, Eric J.
- Series:
- Technical Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. t0205.
- NBER technical working paper series no. t0205
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1996.
- Summary:
- This paper provides technical documentation to accompany the NBER manufacturing productivity (MP) database. The database contains information on 450 4-digit manufacturing industries for the period 1958 through 1991. The data are compiled from various official sources, most notably the Annual Survey of Manufactures and Census of Manufactures. Also provided are estimates of total factor productivity (TFP) growth for each industry. The paper further discusses alternate methods of deflation and aggregation and their impact on TFP calculations.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- October 1996.
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.