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The Measurement of Construction Prices: Retrospect and Prospect

In: Fifty Years of Economic Measurement: The Jubilee of the Conference on Research in Income and Wealth

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  • Paul E. Pieper, 1991. "The Measurement of Construction Prices: Retrospect and Prospect," NBER Chapters, in: Fifty Years of Economic Measurement: The Jubilee of the Conference on Research in Income and Wealth, pages 239-272, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    1. D. W. Jorgenson & Z. Griliches, 1967. "The Explanation of Productivity Change," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 34(3), pages 249-283.
    2. Steven G. Allen, 1984. "Unionized Construction Workers are More Productive," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 99(2), pages 251-274.
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