DATA for "Where's the Productivity Growth (from the information technology revolution)? by Donald S. Allen which appeared in the March/April 1997 REVIEW, pages 15-25. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Data for Figure #1 and Table #1 Information Processing & Fixed Investment Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate Billions of Chained 1992 $ SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis fnenph Producers' Durable Equipment: Computers and Peripheral Equipment fneh Nonresidential Producers' Durable Equipment fnh Fixed Private Nonresidential Investment fnenh PDE: Information Processing & Related Equipment year fnenph fneh fnh fnenh 1970 0.1 149.5 282.8 10.7 1971 0.1 150.7 282.4 11.4 1972 0.2 169.8 307.8 13.0 1973 0.2 201.2 352.6 15.4 1974 0.3 205.4 354.4 17.5 1975 0.2 183.9 317.3 16.9 1976 0.3 195.2 332.6 19.5 1977 0.5 225.7 371.8 24.1 1978 1.0 259.7 422.6 31.7 1979 1.5 280.7 463.3 38.6 1980 2.4 268.3 461.2 45.5 1981 3.8 278.2 485.7 52.5 1982 4.7 260.3 464.3 54.5 1983 7.1 272.4 456.4 63.4 1984 11.6 324.6 535.4 79.8 1985 14.5 342.5 568.4 88.1 1986 16.7 345.9 548.5 94.1 1987 21.0 346.9 542.4 97.5 1988 24.0 369.2 566.0 106.6 1989 29.4 387.7 588.9 116.2 1990 29.4 381.9 585.2 116.2 1991 32.5 366.2 547.7 117.7 1992 44.0 388.7 557.9 134.2 1993 56.2 427.6 593.7 147.1 1994 69.3 484.1 652.1 170.5 1995 91.5 534.4 714.3 201.2 > Data for Figure #2 and Table #2 Output per Hour Seasonally Adjusted Index 1992=100 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics lxba Business Sector: Output Per Hour of All Persons lxma Manufacturing Sector: Output Per Hour of All Persons lxnfa Nonfarm Business Sector: Output Per Hour of All Persons lxmda Durable Manufacturing: Output Per Hour of All Persons year lxba lxma lxnfa lxmda 1970 70.4 55.1 72.7 50.6 1971 73.4 58.6 75.7 54.3 1972 75.8 60.8 78.3 57.3 1973 78.2 62.5 80.8 59.9 1974 77.1 63.3 79.5 59.8 1975 79.7 65.1 81.7 60.5 1976 82.6 67.8 84.6 63.1 1977 84.2 70.2 86.0 65.1 1978 84.8 71.0 87.1 65.8 1979 84.5 70.6 86.4 65.7 1980 84.3 71.2 86.1 65.6 1981 86.0 72.1 87.1 66.6 1982 85.5 75.5 86.4 68.9 1983 88.3 78.4 90.0 72.6 1984 90.3 80.7 91.5 75.9 1985 92.0 83.7 92.5 78.2 1986 94.2 87.4 94.9 81.8 1987 94.1 89.8 94.6 86.5 1988 94.7 91.1 95.3 88.6 1989 95.4 92.7 95.8 90.6 1990 96.2 94.3 96.3 92.5 1991 96.8 96.7 97.0 94.9 1992 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.9 1993 100.2 102.1 100.2 103.3 1994 100.8 106.3 100.7 108.6 1995 101.3 109.8 101.4 112.9 > Data for Table #3 (Part 1) 01...OUTPUT PER EMPLOYEE HOUR, 1987=100 PIU021.. CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS PIU425.. STEEL PIU726..RAILRAOD TRANSPORATION, REVENUE TRAFFIC PIU808.. TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS PIU815.. ELECTRIC UTILITIES PIU817.GAS UTILITIES PIU946.. LAUNDRY, CLEANING AND GARMENT SERVICES PIU965. AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOPS PIU648..MOTOT VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT lxba Total Business Sector Output Per Hour Seasonally Adjusted 1992=100 year piu02101 piu42501 PIU72601 PIU80801 PIU81501 PIU81701 PIU94601 PIU96501 piu64801 lxba 1970 169.1 53.6 36.2 35.6 76.9 142.3 102.4 na 57 70.4 1971 167.3 56 38.6 38.3 81.4 148.8 106.3 na 66.2 73.4 1972 168.4 59.6 42.1 40.1 85.5 149.6 111 108.7 67.5 75.8 1973 173.5 64.2 46.5 42.7 88.4 145.5 110.8 109.3 68.7 78.2 1974 161.5 67.6 45.5 45 87.1 141.9 110.7 113.3 65.7 77.1 1975 142.8 59.3 43.3 49.3 92.5 139.3 109.8 106.6 70.2 79.7 1976 131.9 61.7 46.9 53.6 95.4 142.2 111.4 109 75.1 82.6 1977 125 61.8 49.1 57.3 99.7 136.6 115 104.5 79.8 84.2 1978 119.7 65.1 51.6 60.6 96.6 138.4 116.7 105.5 79.4 84.8 1979 110.3 65.9 54.3 63.5 95.2 141.4 109.9 105 77.7 84.5 1980 97.2 65.4 54.6 67.6 93.7 139.9 103.2 100.4 71.6 84.3 1981 83 69.3 55.1 71.1 92.8 134.7 100.6 97.8 73.4 86.0 1982 78.1 60.6 58.3 73.8 89.2 121.5 105.6 91.7 76.7 85.5 1983 77.2 73.8 72 84.6 90.4 110.8 105.2 89.8 86.8 88.3 1984 81.9 81.3 78 84.5 93.8 114.1 107.5 91.7 91.1 90.3 1985 83 85.8 81.5 88.9 93 111.9 103.3 99.4 95.3 92.0 1986 90.3 89.7 89.2 95 95.3 102.1 100.8 96.2 95.1 94.2 1987 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 94.1 1988 100.9 113.5 108.4 106.2 104.9 105.5 97.2 105.7 103.2 94.7 1989 98 108.5 114.6 111.6 107.7 103.5 100.5 108.2 103.3 95.4 1990 96.9 110.5 118.5 113.3 110.1 94.8 101 107 102.4 96.2 1991 97.9 108.2 127.8 119.8 113.4 94 98.7 98.8 96.7 96.8 1992 102.1 117.7 139.6 127.7 115.2 95.3 99.9 103.4 104.3 100.0 1993 106.5 134.2 na 134.5 120.6 105 99.8 103.7 105.4 100.2 1994 113.1 142.7 na 135.7 127.7 100.3 101.8 111.6 108.6 100.8 > Data for Table #3 (Part 2) 101.3 108.3 Nonres: Off/Computing/Accting Mach Plus Communications Equipment(Historical Cost) Millions of Dollars IT40 RR Transportation IT4a Telephone/Telegraph IT33 Primary Metal IT4c Electric Services IT13 Oil/Gas Extr IT4d Gas Services IT72 Personal Services IT75 Auto Repair/Svcs/Park YEAR IT40 IT4A IT33 IT4C IT13 IT4D IT72 IT75 70 58 5555 87 66 35 24 9 17 71 81 5732 70 70 45 15 8 16 72 30 5809 95 101 74 13 10 22 73 103 7318 73 74 108 16 11 26 74 99 8154 137 138 76 17 13 27 75 44 8424 132 116 48 18 12 21 76 53 9516 122 78 51 17 14 31 77 24 12253 130 171 54 20 18 34 78 61 12559 120 168 368 74 39 255 79 97 13298 152 139 631 131 82 688 80 246 14769 203 283 1289 282 113 1031 81 351 14980 284 248 2205 404 135 1295 82 354 13507 202 305 2331 436 227 1762 83 372 11981 204 393 1923 325 271 2332 84 556 11955 204 530 2132 350 331 2210 85 581 14000 261 1316 2297 426 294 2584 86 512 15289 130 1109 1112 387 317 2890 87 586 14877 240 1334 1005 400 358 2991 88 1822 13296 262 1049 1045 458 448 3143 89 1332 13645 266 630 921 398 438 2595 90 903 13353 299 1270 783 775 407 2152 91 850 13004 297 817 806 624 501 2662 92 819 14290 270 777 509 646 546 2001 93 1021 14017 385 971 686 651 754 2430 94 1321 18592 520 1281 749 955 894 3185 1994 Employment in Thousands IT40 215 IT4A 903 IT33 698 IT4C 564 IT13 336 IT4D 190 IT72 1142 IT75 969 > Figure 3: Utility Investment Source: U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis Millions of Dollars Equipment Total Nonresidential Equipment Structure Total Structures ES Total Nonresidential Equipment & Structures IP Information Processing OCA Office, Computing & Accounting Machinery(Computers) YEAR Equipment Structure ES IP OCA 1940 64 311 375 2 0 1941 67 227 294 2 0 1942 43 255 298 3 0 1943 47 144 191 2 0 1944 128 163 291 25 1 1945 293 245 538 10 2 1946 404 357 761 32 5 1947 704 761 1465 47 7 1948 611 1016 1627 49 7 1949 538 1313 1851 32 5 1950 763 1240 2003 26 7 1951 804 1315 2119 31 7 1952 966 1537 2503 46 8 1953 1012 1805 2817 31 8 1954 1154 1717 2871 25 7 1955 1078 1488 2566 24 7 1956 1327 1804 3131 47 12 1957 1357 2168 3525 44 10 1958 1400 2291 3691 54 13 1959 1628 1990 3618 53 15 1960 1637 1990 3627 72 18 1961 1370 1797 3167 62 13 1962 1500 1832 3332 83 15 1963 1649 1828 3477 118 27 1964 1429 1986 3415 77 14 1965 1745 2263 4008 107 13 1966 2371 2256 4627 158 16 1967 2527 3124 5651 166 4 1968 2594 3551 6145 142 4 1969 2898 3758 6656 141 6 1970 3703 4207 7910 216 9 1971 3848 4748 8596 240 9 1972 4845 5541 10386 331 16 1973 4875 6311 11186 297 12 1974 6614 5989 12603 644 22 1975 5470 7074 12544 583 14 1976 4924 7241 12165 470 9 1977 7873 9001 16874 1051 20 1978 7692 10200 17892 867 18 1979 7265 10099 17364 641 20 1980 9559 12619 22178 1326 45 1981 9213 13465 22678 1212 51 1982 9680 13228 22908 1467 67 1983 11363 12117 23480 1687 97 1984 13586 13954 27540 2003 128 1985 23617 17735 41352 4375 301 1986 20654 19484 40138 4057 249 1987 21935 14608 36543 4792 267 1988 19615 13711 33326 3821 212 1989 14022 12559 26581 2652 112 1990 21241 15511 36752 5069 209 1991 16291 14944 31235 3725 139 1992 17309 12857 30166 4328 130 1993 19276 14086 33362 4223 178 1994 23164 15338 38502 4735 217 > Figure #4 Labor Productivity Index ( Electric Utilities) SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics Index 1987=100 output Output Sic 491,3 employees Number of Employees opeh Output per Employee Hour Year output employees opeh 1958 21.2 63 34.1 1959 23.5 62.4 38.1 1960 25.1 62.4 40.5 1961 26.5 61.9 43.3 1962 28.5 61.4 46.8 1963 30.6 61.4 50.2 1964 33.2 61.8 54.1 1965 36 62.8 57.3 1966 39.3 63.4 61.9 1967 42.1 65 64.6 1968 46.4 66.5 69.6 1969 50.8 68.4 73.7 1970 54.8 71 76.9 1971 58.5 71.7 81.4 1972 63.4 73.7 85.5 1973 68.4 76.3 88.4 1974 68.4 78.1 87.1 1975 70.5 76.9 92.5 1976 73.6 77.5 95.4 1977 78.6 79 99.7 1978 81.5 83.1 96.6 1979 83.6 86.6 95.2 1980 85.2 89.6 93.7 1981 85.9 92.4 92.8 1982 85 94.8 89.2 1983 87.2 96.2 90.4 1984 92.3 98.1 93.8 1985 94.1 100.2 93 1986 96.5 100.4 95.3 1987 100 100 100 1988 104.9 99.8 104.9 1989 107.7 98.8 107.7 1990 110 99.7 110.1 1991 112.5 99.2 113.4 1992 112.3 96.9 115.2 1993 117.2 95.7 120.6 1994 120.7 92.5 127.7