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Download full textPorat, Marc Uri; Rubin, Michael R. – 1977
This report series defines and measures the "information activity" within the national economy. "Information activity" is defined to include those specific industries and occupations whose primary function is to produce, process, or transmit economically valuable information. This volume consists of input-output tables showing…
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Economic Research, Industry, Information Utilization
Porat, Marc Uri; Rubin, Michael R. – 1977
This report series defines and measures the "information activity" within the national economy. "Information activity" is defined to include those specific industries and occupations whose primary function is to produce, process, or transmit economically valuable information. Changes in the national labor force are analyzed…
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Economic Research, Industry, Information Utilization
PDF pending restorationPorat, Marc U. – 1977
This report series defines and measures the "information activity" within the national economy. "Information activity" is defined to include those specific industries and occupations whose primary function is to produce, process, or transmit economically valuable information. Changes in the national labor force are analyzed…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Employment Statistics, Industry, Information Utilization
Porat, Marc U. – 1977
This report series defines and measures the "information activity" within the national economy. "Information activity" is defined to include those specific industries and occupations whose primary function is to produce, process, or transmit economically valuable information. Changes in the national labor force are analyzed…
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Economic Research, Industry, Information Utilization
Porat, Marc Uri; Rubin, Michael R. – 1977
This report series defines and measures the "information activity" within the national economy. "Information activity" is defined to include those specific industries and occupations whose primary function is to produce, process, or transmit economically valuable information. Changes in the national labor force are analyzed…
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Economic Research, Industry, Information Utilization
Manitoba Educational Research Council, Ft. Garry. – 1977
Good information is essential to making intelligent policy decisions. The availability of information about education in Manitoba is hampered both by the questionable validity of much of the data and by the lack of centralized sources. Without attempting to be exhaustive, this booklet briefly analyzes the types of information available on…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Altonji, Joseph G.; Pierret, Charles R. – 1997
A statistical analysis was performed to test the hypothesis that, if profit-maximizing firms have limited information about the general productivity of new workers, they may choose to use easily observable characteristics such as years of education to discriminate statistically among workers. Information about employer learning was obtained by…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Employer Attitudes, Employment Practices, Information Utilization
Altonji, Joseph G.; Pierret, Charles R. – 1997
The relationship between employer learning and statistical discrimination was explored through a statistical analysis that included a test for statistical discrimination or "rational" stereotyping in environments where agents learn over time. The test is used to study the working hypothesis that, because firms have only limited…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employment Practices, Information Utilization, Models
McBroom, Charles T., Jr.; And Others – 1972
How Tennessee County Extension personnel spent their time in Fiscal Year 1970 and 1971 and how they planned their time in Fiscal Year 1971 are discussed in this master's thesis. Information on planned and expended time was retrieved through TEMIS (Tennessee Extension Management Information System). Wide variations were found to exist between time…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Extension Agents, Information Processing, Information Retrieval
