Thursday, September 27, 2007
[IWS] BLS: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY AND UNIT LABOR COST TRENDS 2006 [27 September 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY AND UNIT LABOR COST TRENDS 2006 [27 September 2007]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod4.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod4.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
Manufacturing labor productivity increased in 2006 in 15 of the 16
economies compared by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor
Statistics. (See chart 1.) The Republic of Korea and Taiwan had the
largest productivity increases (+10.8 and +6.9 percent, respectively).
The U.S. productivity increase of 2.4 percent placed it eleventh among
the 16 economies compared, and was less than the average annual growth
rate since 2000. Canada was the only country with no productivity
growth.
Over the 2000-2006 period, in the 16 economies studied, only Korea,
Sweden, and Taiwan had greater productivity growth than the United
States.
The data presented for the United States differ from those appearing
in BLS Productivity and Costs news releases. (See technical notes.)
Average annual growth rates for selected measures are shown in tables A
and B.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES & CHARTS....
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY AND UNIT LABOR COST TRENDS 2006 [27 September 2007]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod4.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod4.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
Manufacturing labor productivity increased in 2006 in 15 of the 16
economies compared by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor
Statistics. (See chart 1.) The Republic of Korea and Taiwan had the
largest productivity increases (+10.8 and +6.9 percent, respectively).
The U.S. productivity increase of 2.4 percent placed it eleventh among
the 16 economies compared, and was less than the average annual growth
rate since 2000. Canada was the only country with no productivity
growth.
Over the 2000-2006 period, in the 16 economies studied, only Korea,
Sweden, and Taiwan had greater productivity growth than the United
States.
The data presented for the United States differ from those appearing
in BLS Productivity and Costs news releases. (See technical notes.)
Average annual growth rates for selected measures are shown in tables A
and B.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES & CHARTS....
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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