--- canonical_url: "https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-11/progress-in-service-sector-productivity-measurement-review-article-on-productivity-in-the-u-s-services-sector-new-sources-of-economic-growth/" title: "Progress in Service Sector Productivity Measurement: Review Article on Productivity in the U.S. Services Sector: New Sources of Economic Growth" author: name: "CSLS" url: "https://csls.ca/author/cslc/" date_published: "2026-07-13T06:53:28+00:00" date_modified: "2026-07-13T06:53:28+00:00" post_type: "ipm" summary: "" ipm_issue_period: - "Fall 2005" ipm_keyword: - "Bosworth" - "IT" - "measurement" - "MFP" - "review article" - "services productivity" - "Triplett" - "United States" ipm_research_theme: - "Measurement and methodology" ipm_country_focus: - "International" - "United States" featured_image: "https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IPM_50_banner.webp" status: "publish" --- # Progress in Service Sector Productivity Measurement: Review Article on Productivity in the U.S. Services Sector: New Sources of Economic Growth Canonical URL: https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-11/progress-in-service-sector-productivity-measurement-review-article-on-productivity-in-the-u-s-services-sector-new-sources-of-economic-growth/ # Progress in Service Sector Productivity Measurement: Review Article on Productivity in the U.S. Services Sector: New Sources of Economic Growth [Download full PDF article](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-11-7-Diewert.pdf) Cite this article × Cite this article as: Diewert, Erwin. 2005. “Progress in Service Sector Productivity Measurement: Review Article on Productivity in the U.S. Services Sector: New Sources of Economic Growth.” International Productivity Monitor, No. 11 (Fall 2005): 57–69. https://www.csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-11/progress-in-service-sector-productivity-measurement-review-article-on-productivity-in-the-u-s-services-sector-new-sources-of-economic-growth/ ## Author: - Erwin Diewert Department of Economics, University of British Columbia ## IPM Issue 11 Fall 2005 pp. 57–69 ## Related IPM articles [Is the SNA Still Useful? 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The key finding highlighted is that the post-1995 U.S. MFP growth resurgence was predominantly driven by service industries, not just IT-producing sectors. The reviewer notes that the volume effectively demonstrates that the earlier service sector productivity slowdown of the 1960s-1980s was largely a measurement artefact. Cet article de recension examine le volume de la Brookings Institution Productivity in the U.S. Services Sector: New Sources of Economic Growth de Jack Triplett et Barry Bosworth, qui rend compte de quinze ateliers sur la mesure de la production et de la productivité dans des industries de services difficiles à mesurer. Le principal constat mis en lumière est que la reprise de la croissance de la PMF américaine après 1995 était principalement portée par les industries de services, et non pas uniquement par les secteurs producteurs de TI. Le recenceur note que le volume démontre efficacement que le ralentissement antérieur de la productivité dans le secteur des services des années 1960 aux années 1980 était en grande partie un artefact de mesure. [Download full PDF](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-11-7-Diewert.pdf)