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December 1987, Vol. 110, No.
12
Trends in manufacturing productivity
and labor costs in the U.S. and abroad
The gain in output per hour in U.S. manufacturing was matched only by the United Kingdom among 11 other industrial countries in 1986; Japanese and European unit labor costs, measured in U.S. dollars, rose 20-40 percent.
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