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Appraising The U.S. Output And Productivity Estimates For Government–Where Do We Go From Here?

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  • John W. Kendrick

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Output and productivity estimates for U.S. government organizations are a useful management tool, and are of potential value for improving national income accounts. Real gross government product is currently estimated on the basis of labor input data. However, this imparts a downward bias to real GNP estimates since labor productivity of federal civilian employees has risen, according to Labor Department estimates begun in 1972, at an average annual rate of 1; percent since 1967. The estimates now cover almost 70 percent of the employees. The chief avenue for further improvement lies in refinement of the output indicators. Coverage of state and local government employees is spotty and needs to be expanded. The author also recommends a major effort to estimate public capital stocks in current and constant prices as a basis for measuring rental values, capital inputs, and productivity.

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  • John W. Kendrick, 1991. "Appraising The U.S. Output And Productivity Estimates For Government–Where Do We Go From Here?," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 37(2), pages 149-158, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revinw:v:37:y:1991:i:2:p:149-158
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1991.tb00351.x
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    1. Roy H. Webb, 1998. "National productivity statistics," Economic Quarterly, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, issue Win, pages 45-64.
    2. Zvi Griliches, 1992. "Introduction to "Output Measurement in the Service Sectors"," NBER Chapters, in: Output Measurement in the Service Sectors, pages 1-22, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Bos, Frits, 2009. "The National Accounts as a Tool for Analysis and Policy; History, Economic Theory and Data Compilation Issues," MPRA Paper 23582, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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