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June 2005, Vol. 128, No. 6

BLS and the Marshall Plan: the forgotten story

Solidelle F. Wasser
Senior Economist, Bureau of Labor Statistics in New York, New York. 
E-mail: Wasser.Solidelle@bls.gov

Michael L. Dolfman
Regional Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics in New York, New York. 
E-mail: Dolfman.Michael@bls.gov


The statistical technical assistance of BLS increased productive efficiency and labor productivity in Western European industry after World War II; technological literature surveys and plan-organized plant visits supplemented instruction in statistical measurement.

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