Progress in Service Sector Productivity Measurement: Review Article on "Productivity in the U.S. Services Sector: New Sources of Economic Growth"

Walter Diewert

International Productivity Monitor, 2005, vol. 11, 57-69

Abstract: Measurement of productivity in the service sector has always represented a challenge for economists. "Productivity in the U.S. Services Sector: New Sources of Economic Growth", by Jack Triplett and Barry Bosworth from the Brookings Institution is reviewed. The authors have produced a textbook on the different types of measurement error that will force economists to take their empirical estimates with a considerable dose of caution. Both economic statisticians and policy makers will find the book invaluable.

Keywords: Productivity; United States; Services Sector; Service Sector; Jack Triplett; Triplett; Bosworth; Barry Bosworth; Brookings; Brookings Institution; Estimation; Statistics; Economic Statisticians; Measurement Error; Measurement; Growth; Economic Growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C13 L80 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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