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February 2008

Labor productivity trends since 2000, by sector and industry

Corey Holman, Bobbie Joyeux, Christopher Kask

Unlike the late 1990s, when rapid output gains led to increased productivity growth, reductions in labor hours were an important contributor to productivity increases from 2000 to 2005.

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