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October 1987

Multifactor productivity in U.S. manufacturing, 1949-83

William Gullickson, Michael Harper

New, more comprehensive measures of multifactor productivity permit the analysis of numerous issues, including developments at the detailed industry level and the importance of factor substitution in labor productivity growth.

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