Industry productivity trends under the North American Industry Classification system
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Matt Russell and Paul Takac are economists, and Lisa Usher is Chief of the Division of IndustryProductivity Studies, in the Office of Productivity and Technology, Bureau of Labor Statistics. E-mail: Russell.Matthew @bls.gov [email protected] [email protected] 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 Industry productivity trends under the North American Industry Classification system
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