The Leontief-BLS partnership: A new framework for measurement

Monthly Labor Review

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 29-37

  Kohli, Martin C ^a  

^a Bureau of Labor Statistics   (United States)

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1. Wassily Leontief, "Preface," in Wassily Leontief, Hollis B. Chenery, Paul G. Clark, James S. Dusenberry, Allen R. Ferguson, Anne P. Grosse, Robert N. Grosse, Mathilda Holzman, Walter Izard, and Helen Kistin, Studies in the Structure of the American Economy (White Plains, NY, International Arts and Sciences Press, 1953), p. 5.
2. Wassily Leontief, "Input-Output Economics," Scientific American, October 1951, pp. 15-21. See also Wassily Leontief, "Input-Output Analysis," in Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Engineering (Oxford, U.K., Pergamon Press, 1985). Both articles are reprinted in Leontief, Input-Output Economics, 2d ed. (New York, Oxford University Press, 1986).
3. Wassily Leontief, "Input-Output Economics," Scientific American, October 1951, pp. 15-21. See also Wassily Leontief, "Input-Output Analysis," in Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Engineering (Oxford, U.K., Pergamon Press, 1985). Both articles are reprinted in Leontief, Input-Output Economics, 2d ed. (New York, Oxford University Press, 1986).
4. Wassily Leontief, "Input-Output Economics," Scientific American, October 1951, pp. 15-21. See also Wassily Leontief, "Input-Output Analysis," in Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Engineering (Oxford, U.K., Pergamon Press, 1985). Both articles are reprinted in Leontief, Input-Output Economics, 2d ed. (New York, Oxford University Press, 1986).
5. Richard Dorfman, "Wassily Leontief's Contribution to Economics," Swedish Journal of Economics, December 1973, p. 437. See also Richard Stone, "Where Are We Now? A Short Account of the Development of Input-Output Studies and Their Present Trends," in United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Input-Output Techniques (New York, United Nations, 1984).
6. Richard Dorfman, "Wassily Leontief's Contribution to Economics," Swedish Journal of Economics, December 1973, p. 437. See also Richard Stone, "Where Are We Now? A Short Account of the Development of Input-Output Studies and Their Present Trends," in United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Input-Output Techniques (New York, United Nations, 1984).
7. Tjalling C. Koopmans, "Introduction," in Tjalling C. Koopmans, ed., Activity Analysis of Production and Allocation: Proceedings of a Conference (New York, John Wiley and Sons, 1951), p. 3.
8. Battelle Memorial Institute, Interactions of Science and Technology in the Innovative Process: Some Case Studies (Columbus, OH, Columbus Laboratories, 1973).
9. Joseph W. Duncan and William C. Shelton, Revolution in United States Government Statistics, 1926-1976 (U.S. Department of Commerce, 1978).
10. Wassily Leontief, The Structure of American Economy, 1919-1939, 2d ed. (White Plains, NY, International Arts and Sciences Press, 1951), p. 5. In his History of Economic Analysis (New York, Oxford University Press, 1954), pp. 241-42, Joseph A. Schumpeter pointed out the methodological affinity between Quesnay and Leontief, declaring that Leontief's work, "entirely different though it is from Quesnay's in purpose and technique, nevertheless revived the fundamental principle of the tableau method."
11. Wassily Leontief, The Structure of American Economy, 1919-1939, 2d ed. (White Plains, NY, International Arts and Sciences Press, 1951), p. 5. In his History of Economic Analysis (New York, Oxford University Press, 1954), pp. 241-42, Joseph A. Schumpeter pointed out the methodological affinity between Quesnay and Leontief, declaring that Leontief's work, "entirely different though it is from Quesnay's in purpose and technique, nevertheless revived the fundamental principle of the tableau method."
12. Leontief, Structure, p. 11.
13. Ibid., p. 12.
14. Ibid., pp. 223-44.
15. For a more detailed discussion of how Leontief's model changed, see Martin C. Kohli, "Leontief and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1941-53: Developing a Framework for Measurement," paper presented at the History of Political Economy Workshop on the Age of Measurement at Duke University, April 2000.
16. Leontief, Structure, p. 35.
17. Ibid., p. 37.
18. Dorfman, "Leontief's Contribution."
19. Those identifying the 1947 table as the first official table include Stone, "Where Are We Now?" and Adam Rose and William Miernyk, "Input-Output Analysis: The First Fifty Years," Economic Systems Research, June 1989, pp. 229-71. Leontief bestowed the distinction on the 1939 table in "Input-Output Analysis," in John Eatwell, Murray Milgate, and Peter Newman, eds., The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics (New York, The Stockton Press, 1987). For the views of Leontief's former collaborators, Karen Polenske and Anne Carter, see Karen R. Polenske and Jiri V. Skolka, "Introduction," in Polenske and Skolka, eds., Advances in Input-Output Analysis (Cambridge, MA, Ballinger, 1976), and Anne P. Carter and Peter Petri, "Leontief's Contribution to Economics," Journal of Policy Modeling, Spring 1989, pp. 7-30. Stone may have overlooked the 1939 table because the Bureau never published it. A 1942 letter from Davenport to Leontief discussed a planned two-volume Government Printing Office publication of the table, with the second volume consisting of documentation of the data for particular industries. For reasons that remain unknown, this plan was never carried out. The 1939 table was included in the Bureau's unpublished study on full employment.
20. Those identifying the 1947 table as the first official table include Stone, "Where Are We Now?" and Adam Rose and William Miernyk, "Input-Output Analysis: The First Fifty Years," Economic Systems Research, June 1989, pp. 229-71. Leontief bestowed the distinction on the 1939 table in "Input-Output Analysis," in John Eatwell, Murray Milgate, and Peter Newman, eds., The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics (New York, The Stockton Press, 1987). For the views of Leontief's former collaborators, Karen Polenske and Anne Carter, see Karen R. Polenske and Jiri V. Skolka, "Introduction," in Polenske and Skolka, eds., Advances in Input-Output Analysis (Cambridge, MA, Ballinger, 1976), and Anne P. Carter and Peter Petri, "Leontief's Contribution to Economics," Journal of Policy Modeling, Spring 1989, pp. 7-30. Stone may have overlooked the 1939 table because the Bureau never published it. A 1942 letter from Davenport to Leontief discussed a planned two-volume Government Printing Office publication of the table, with the second volume consisting of documentation of the data for particular industries. For reasons that remain unknown, this plan was never carried out. The 1939 table was included in the Bureau's unpublished study on full employment.
21. Those identifying the 1947 table as the first official table include Stone, "Where Are We Now?" and Adam Rose and William Miernyk, "Input-Output Analysis: The First Fifty Years," Economic Systems Research, June 1989, pp. 229-71. Leontief bestowed the distinction on the 1939 table in "Input-Output Analysis," in John Eatwell, Murray Milgate, and Peter Newman, eds., The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics (New York, The Stockton Press, 1987). For the views of Leontief's former collaborators, Karen Polenske and Anne Carter, see Karen R. Polenske and Jiri V. Skolka, "Introduction," in Polenske and Skolka, eds., Advances in Input-Output Analysis (Cambridge, MA, Ballinger, 1976), and Anne P. Carter and Peter Petri, "Leontief's Contribution to Economics," Journal of Policy Modeling, Spring 1989, pp. 7-30. Stone may have overlooked the 1939 table because the Bureau never published it. A 1942 letter from Davenport to Leontief discussed a planned two-volume Government Printing Office publication of the table, with the second volume consisting of documentation of the data for particular industries. For reasons that remain unknown, this plan was never carried out. The 1939 table was included in the Bureau's unpublished study on full employment.
22. Those identifying the 1947 table as the first official table include Stone, "Where Are We Now?" and Adam Rose and William Miernyk, "Input-Output Analysis: The First Fifty Years," Economic Systems Research, June 1989, pp. 229-71. Leontief bestowed the distinction on the 1939 table in "Input-Output Analysis," in John Eatwell, Murray Milgate, and Peter Newman, eds., The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics (New York, The Stockton Press, 1987). For the views of Leontief's former collaborators, Karen Polenske and Anne Carter, see Karen R. Polenske and Jiri V. Skolka, "Introduction," in Polenske and Skolka, eds., Advances in Input-Output Analysis (Cambridge, MA, Ballinger, 1976), and Anne P. Carter and Peter Petri, "Leontief's Contribution to Economics," Journal of Policy Modeling, Spring 1989, pp. 7-30. Stone may have overlooked the 1939 table because the Bureau never published it. A 1942 letter from Davenport to Leontief discussed a planned two-volume Government Printing Office publication of the table, with the second volume consisting of documentation of the data for particular industries. For reasons that remain unknown, this plan was never carried out. The 1939 table was included in the Bureau's unpublished study on full employment.
23. Those identifying the 1947 table as the first official table include Stone, "Where Are We Now?" and Adam Rose and William Miernyk, "Input-Output Analysis: The First Fifty Years," Economic Systems Research, June 1989, pp. 229-71. Leontief bestowed the distinction on the 1939 table in "Input-Output Analysis," in John Eatwell, Murray Milgate, and Peter Newman, eds., The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics (New York, The Stockton Press, 1987). For the views of Leontief's former collaborators, Karen Polenske and Anne Carter, see Karen R. Polenske and Jiri V. Skolka, "Introduction," in Polenske and Skolka, eds., Advances in Input-Output Analysis (Cambridge, MA, Ballinger, 1976), and Anne P. Carter and Peter Petri, "Leontief's Contribution to Economics," Journal of Policy Modeling, Spring 1989, pp. 7-30. Stone may have overlooked the 1939 table because the Bureau never published it. A 1942 letter from Davenport to Leontief discussed a planned two-volume Government Printing Office publication of the table, with the second volume consisting of documentation of the data for particular industries. For reasons that remain unknown, this plan was never carried out. The 1939 table was included in the Bureau's unpublished study on full employment.
24. Leontief, Structure, p. 139.
25. Full Employment Patterns, 1950 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, unpublished and undated).
26. W. Duane Evans and Marvin Hoffenberg, "The Interindustry Relations Study for 1947," Review of Economics and Statistics, May 1952, pp. 97-148.
27. Full Employment Patterns.
28. Joseph P. Goldberg and William T. Moye, The First Hundred Years of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (U.S. Department of Labor, 1985); see especially pp. 12-13.
29. BLS Handbook of Methods, Bulletin 2490 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1997).
30. Full Employment.
31. Battelle, Studies.
32. Jerome Cornfield, "Employment Resulting from United States Exports, 1939," Monthly Labor Review, July 1945, pp. 37-38.
33. Wassily Leontief, "Export, Imports, Domestic Output, and Employment," Quarterly Journal of Economics, February 1946, pp. 171-93. Reprinted in Leontief, Structure
34. Wassily Leontief, "Export, Imports, Domestic Output, and Employment," Quarterly Journal of Economics, February 1946, pp. 171-93. Reprinted in Leontief, Structure
35. . 26 Jerome Cornfield, W. Duane Evans, and Marvin Hoffenberg, "Full Employment Patterns, 1950: Part 1," Monthly Labor Review, February 1947, pp. 163-90; quote from p. 164.
36. Jerome Cornfield, W. Duane Evans, and Marvin Hoffenberg, "Full Employment Patterns, 1950: Part 2," Monthly Labor Review, March 1947, pp. 420-32; quote from p. 427.
37. Battelle, Interactions, p. 8-8.
38. Leontief, "Input-Output Analysis"; also in New Palgrave.
39. Battelle, Interactions.
40. Evans and Hoffenberg, "Study for 1947."
41. Postwar Capacity and Characteristics of the Construction Industry, Bulletin 779 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1944).
42. Robert N. Grosse, "The Structure of Capital," in Leontief et al., Studies.
43. Leontief, "Input-Output Economics."
44. This was how international trade was treated in the detailed tables. In the table published in Evans and Hoffenberg, "Study for 1947," international trade was still represented by one row for imports and one column for exports.
45. Wassily Leontief, "Domestic Production and Foreign Trade: The American Capital Position Reconsidered," Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, September 1953, pp. 332-49.
46. Later tables, produced by the Commerce Department's Office of Business Economics, showed the use and the make of commodities by industry. This solution was proposed by Richard Stone and Alan Brown, A Programme for Growth, vol. 1, A Computable Model of Economic Growth (London, Chapman and Hall, 1962).
47. Evans and Hoffenberg, "Study for 1947."
48. Ezra Glaser, as cited in Battelle, Interactions.
49. The National Economic Accounts of the United States: Review, Appraisal, and Recommendations (National Bureau of Economic Research, 1958), p. 146.
50. See Leontief, "Output, Employment."
51. For the method of constructing the indexes, see W. Duane Evans and Marvin Hoffenberg, "The Nature and Uses of Interindustry-Relations Data and Methods," in Conference on Research on Income and Wealth, Input-Output Analysis: An Appraisal: Studies in Income and Wealth, vol. 18 (Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1955). Goldberg and Moye, First Hundred Years, identify the year of the first industry price indexes as 1953.
52. For the method of constructing the indexes, see W. Duane Evans and Marvin Hoffenberg, "The Nature and Uses of Interindustry-Relations Data and Methods," in Conference on Research on Income and Wealth, Input-Output Analysis: An Appraisal: Studies in Income and Wealth, vol. 18 (Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1955). Goldberg and Moye, First Hundred Years, identify the year of the first industry price indexes as 1953.
53. See Ezra Glaser, "Comment," in Conference, Input-Output Analysis: An Appraisal.
54. For the NBER committee's recommendations, see National Bureau of Economic Research, Review, Appraisal, p. 61. As regards the role of the Stigler Committee, see Goldberg and Moye, First Hundred Years, p. 199.
55. For the NBER committee's recommendations, see National Bureau of Economic Research, Review, Appraisal, p. 61. As regards the role of the Stigler Committee, see Goldberg and Moye, First Hundred Years, p. 199.
56. Trends in Output per Manhour and Manhours per unit of Output - Manufacturing, 1939-53, Report 100 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1955).
57. Elizabeth Gilboy, "Consumption in Input-Output Analysis," in Tibor Barna, ed., The Structural Interdependence of the Economy: Proceedings of an International Conference on Input-Output Analysis (New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1957).
58. The longer version of this article also contends that the Bureau prompted Leontief to develop a theoretical model that was more useful for policymakers. (See Kohli, "Leontief and the Bureau.")
59. Wassily Leontief, "The State of Economic Science," Review of Economics and Statistics, May 1958, pp. 103-6.
60. Ibid.