Beyond the Market
Designing Nonmarket Accounts for the United States
1st Edition
Published on 29. December 2004
224 pages
978-0-309-54592-1 (ISBN)
Description
The national income and product accounts that underlie gross domestic product(GDP), together with other key economic dataprice and employment statisticsare widely used as indicators of how well the nation is doing. GDP, however, isfocused on the production of goods and services sold in markets and reveals relativelylittle about important production in the home and other areas outside of markets. A set of satellite accountsin areas such as health, education, volunteer andhome production, and environmental improvement or pollutionwould contributeto a better understanding of major issues related to economic growth and societalwell-being. Beyond the Market: Designing Nonmarket Accounts for the United States hopes toencourage social scientists to make further efforts and contributions in the analysis ofnonmarket activities and in corresponding data collection and accounting systems. The book illustrates new data sources and new ideas that have improved theprospects for progress.
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Designing Nonmarket Accounts for the United States
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Content
- FrontMatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Accounting and Data Foundations
- 3 Home Production
- 4 The Role of the Family in the Production of Human Capital
- 5 Education
- 6 Health
- 7 The Government and Private Nonprofit Sectors
- 8 The Environment
- References
- Appendix: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff
- Index
