--- canonical_url: "https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-36/new-bea-bls-estimates-of-the-industry-level-sources-of-u-s-economic-growth-between-1987-and-2016/" title: "New BEA-BLS Estimates of the Industry-level Sources of U.S. Economic Growth between 1987 and 2016" author: name: "CSLS" url: "https://csls.ca/author/cslc/" date_published: "2026-07-13T07:52:51+00:00" date_modified: "2026-07-13T07:52:51+00:00" post_type: "ipm" summary: "" ipm_issue_period: - "Spring 2019" ipm_keyword: - "1987-2016" - "BEA" - "BLS" - "capital" - "computers" - "industry-level" - "integrated production account" - "KLEMS" - "labour" - "manufacturing" - "MFP" - "United States" ipm_research_theme: - "Measurement and methodology" ipm_country_focus: - "United States" featured_image: "https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IPM_50_banner.webp" status: "publish" --- # New BEA-BLS Estimates of the Industry-level Sources of U.S. Economic Growth between 1987 and 2016 Canonical URL: https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-36/new-bea-bls-estimates-of-the-industry-level-sources-of-u-s-economic-growth-between-1987-and-2016/ # New BEA-BLS Estimates of the Industry-level Sources of U.S. Economic Growth between 1987 and 2016 [Download full PDF article](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-36-9-Garner-Harper-Howells-III-Russell-Samuels.pdf) Cite this article × Cite this article as: Garner, Corby, Justin Harper, Thomas Howells III, Matt Russell, and Jon Samuels. 2019. “New BEA-BLS Estimates of the Industry-level Sources of U.S. Economic Growth between 1987 and 2016.” International Productivity Monitor, No. 36 (Spring 2019): 187–203. https://www.csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-36/new-bea-bls-estimates-of-the-industry-level-sources-of-u-s-economic-growth-between-1987-and-2016/ ## Authors: - Corby Garner U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis - Justin Harper U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis - Thomas Howells III U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis - Matt Russell U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis - Jon Samuels U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis ## IPM Issue 36 Spring 2019 pp. 187–203 ## Related IPM articles [Labour Productivity as a Measure of Technological Change Ulrich Kohli Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 64–81](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/labour-productivity-as-a-measure-of-technological-change/) [De-industrialization and the Great Productivity Slowdown: What Comes Next? 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The dataset includes KLEMS and integrated MFP measures that are consistent with the official BEA GDP by Industry statistics and now covers 1987-2016. The most important source of economic growth over the period was the accumulation of capital input. More than three quarters of the contribution of capital was driven by the accumulation of capital inputs in the service sector. The next most important source of economic growth over the period was the accumulation of labour input. Growth in labour input in the services sectors accounted for almost all the economy-wide contribution of labor input. MFP growth accounted for about twenty percent of aggregate economic growth. Of this, the manufacturing sector contributed more than half of this Cet article décrit de nouvelles statistiques historiques pour le compte de production intégré au niveau industriel BEA-BLS. L’ensemble de données comprend des mesures KLEMS et de PMF intégrée cohérentes avec les statistiques officielles du PIB par industrie du BEA et couvre désormais la période 1987-2016. La source la plus importante de croissance économique sur la période a été l’accumulation des intrants en capital. Plus des trois quarts de la contribution du capital ont été portés par l’accumulation d’intrants en capital dans le secteur des services. La deuxième source la plus importante de croissance économique a été l’accumulation d’intrants de main-d’œuvre. La croissance de la PMF a représenté environ vingt pour cent de la croissance économique globale, le secteur manufacturier contribuant à plus de la moitié de cette part. [Download full PDF](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-36-9-Garner-Harper-Howells-III-Russell-Samuels.pdf)