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August 1987

Performance of multifactor productivity in the steel and motor vehicles industries

Mark K. Sherwood

Over the 1958-84 period, multifactor productivity grew at about half the rate of output per hour in these industries; the ratio of purchased materials, fuels, and services to labor accounted for most of the difference; the capital-labor ratio contributed very little.

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