Beyond the market : designing nonmarket accounts for the United States
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Beyond the market : designing nonmarket accounts for the United States
National Academies Press, c2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-194) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The national income and product accounts that underlie gross domestic product (GDP), together with other key economic data?price and employment statistics? are widely used as indicators of how well the nation is doing. GDP, however, is focused on the production of goods and services sold in markets and reveals relatively little about important production in the home and other areas outside of markets. A set of satellite accounts?in areas such as health, education, volunteer and home production, and environmental improvement or pollution?would contribute to a better understanding of major issues related to economic growth and societal well-being.
Beyond the Market: Designing Nonmarket Accounts for the United States hopes to encourage social scientists to make further efforts and contributions in the analysis of nonmarket activities and in corresponding data collection and accounting systems. The book illustrates new data sources and new ideas that have improved the prospects for progress.
Table of Contents
Front Matter
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
Table of Contents
- 1 Front Matter
- 2 Executive Summary
- 3 1 Introduction
- 4 2 Accounting and Data Foundations
- 5 3 Home Production
- 6 4 The Role of the Family in the Production of Human Capital
- 7 5 Education
- 8 6 Health
- 9 7 The Government and Private Nonprofit Sectors
- 10 8 The Environment
- 11 References
- 12 Appendix: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff
- 13 Index
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