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November 2004

Industry productivity trends under the North American Industry Classification system

Matthew Russell, Paul Takac, Lisa Usher

The NAICS classification system presents a more consistent framework and a conceptual improvement for productivity measurement; while performance varied by industry, NAICS-based productivity measures show strong overall productivity growth during the 1990s and again after 2001-especially in manufacturing, trade, and in the newly defined information sector.

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