Background Materials for the November 5th, 2004, Advisory Committee Meeting

Welcome and Update on BEA Activities

• R&D in U.S. National Accounts, by Barbara M. Fraumeni and Sumiye Okubo (PDF • 89 KB)
  * see also http://www.nber.org/books/CRIW02/index.html 

New Measures of the Real Output of Government: The Case of Education

• Price and Real Output Measures for the Education Function of Government: Exploratory Estimates for Primary & Secondary Education, by Barbara M. Fraumeni, Marshall B. Reinsdorf, and Brooks B. Robinson (PDF • 142 KB)