--- canonical_url: "https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-36/online-appendix-data-construction-for-new-bea-bls-estimates/" title: "Online Appendix: Data Construction for New BEA-BLS Estimates" author: name: "CSLS" url: "https://csls.ca/author/cslc/" date_published: "2026-07-13T07:52:52+00:00" date_modified: "2026-07-13T07:52:52+00:00" post_type: "ipm" summary: "" ipm_issue_period: - "Spring 2019" ipm_keyword: - "1987-2016" - "backcasting" - "BEA" - "BLS" - "data construction" - "KLEMS" - "NAICS" - "SIC" - "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" --- # Online Appendix: Data Construction for New BEA-BLS Estimates Canonical URL: https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-36/online-appendix-data-construction-for-new-bea-bls-estimates/ # Online Appendix: Data Construction for New BEA-BLS Estimates [Download full PDF article](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-36-9b-Garner-Harper-Howells-III-Russell-Samuels-Appendix.pdf) Cite this article × Cite this article as: Garner, Corby, Justin Harper, Thomas Howells III, Matt Russell, and Jon Samuels. 2019. “Online Appendix: Data Construction for New BEA-BLS Estimates.” International Productivity Monitor, No. 36 (Spring 2019): 1–11. https://www.csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-36/online-appendix-data-construction-for-new-bea-bls-estimates/ ## 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. 1–11 ## Related IPM articles [De-industrialization and the Great Productivity Slowdown: What Comes Next? 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