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February 1990, Vol. 113, No. 2
Hours at work: a new base for BLS productivity statistics
Mary Jablonski
Economist, Division of Productivity Research, Bureau of Labor
Statistics
Kent Kunze
Supervisory economist, Division of Industry Productivity and
Technology Studies, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Phyllis Flohr Otto
Economist, Division of Productivity Research, Bureau of Labor
Statistics
Using data from a recently published survey, BLS defines a new measure of labor input; hours at work replace hours paid in statistics on productivity. This article reports on the conversion to hours at work and the resulting effects on productivity statistics. It describes the Hours at Work Survey, which yields ratios of hours at work to hours paid, and presents results from the survey.
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