Multifactor productivity in household furniture (ABSTRACT) Monthly Labor Review Online, June 1994

Multifactor productivity in household furniture

Thomas M. Muth II
Economist, Office of Productivity and Technology, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Edna Thea Falk
Economist, formerly with the Office of Productivity and Technologyy, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Multifactor productivity in household furniture manufacturing accounted for approximately one-third of the average annual labor productivity gain in the 1958-91 period. Capital and intermediate purchases rose relative to labor. This article extends multifactor productivity analysis to the household furniture industry.

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