Beyond the Market - Designing Nonmarket Accounts for the United States

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.

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• Authors: Committee On National Statistics, Division Of Behavioral And Social Scienc, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Panel to Study the Design of Nonmarket A, Panel to Study the Design of Nonmarket Accounts
• Assisted by: Katharine G Abraham (Editor), Katharine G. Abraham (Editor), Christopher Mackie (Editor), Christopher D. Mackie (Editor)
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2005
• EAN: 9780309093194
• ISBN: 978-0-309-09319-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 227 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 381 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science