The Relationship Between Total Output and Man-Hour Output in American Manufacturing Industry

Abstract

Introduction: the problem, 239. — I. Data and methods used, 240.— The findings: for groups of industries, 244; for specific industries, 244; for different periods, 245. — Evidence from comparisons of a less formal sort, 246. — II. Calculations based upon indices of man-hour output not precise, 247. — III. Errors due to failure to distinguish between directly and indirectly productive labor, 249. — IV. Summary of conclusions, 252.