Productivity shows a decliine in automotive repair shops,(ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, Mar. 1988

Productivity shows a decline in automotive repair shops

John G. Olsen
Economist in the Division of Industry Productivity and Technology Studies, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Richard B. Carnes
Economist in the Division of Industry Productivity and Technology Studies, Bureau of Labor

Output per hour of persons employed in these shops fell at an annual rate of 1.2 percent between 1972 and 1986, reflecting a larger increase in employee hours than in output. Despite increased efficiency in some specialty repair shops, overall productivity for the automotive repair shop industry has declined since 1972.

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