Alternative concepts of output and productivity / by Aldo Diaz.: CS15-602/41E-PDF

"In this feature article we introduce an additional concept of multifactor productivity that complements those previously introduced, and we modify the interindustry measure presented in the previous feature article. The new concept of productivity consists in specifying an alternative measure of industry output. We propose and evaluate productivity on a net-gross output basis, a concept of output net of intraindustry transactions. The modification to the interindustry measure consists in treating imports and non-business supplies of materials and service inputs used by the business sector industries as primary, rather than intermediate inputs. In the revised version presented here, the primary inputs are capital, labour and goods and services originating outside the business sector rather than capital and labour inputs as it was the case in the previous version. This modifies the interindustry productivity measure at all levels of aggregation, including the aggregate business sector productivity index"--Introduction.

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