Productivity in the U.S. Services Sector: New Sources of Economic Growth

by Jack E. Triplett and Barry P. Bosworth

Book Overview

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The services industries--which include jobs ranging from flipping hamburgers to providing investment advice--can no longer be characterized, as they have in the past, as a stagnant sector marked by low productivity growth. They have emerged as one of the most dynamic and innovative segments of the U.S. economy, now accounting for more than three-quarters of gross domestic product. During the 1990s, 19 million additional jobs were created in this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815783353
• ISBN13: 9780815783350
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 401 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 8.9"