J<sc>iang</sc> X., D<sc>ietzenbacher</sc> E. and L<sc>os</sc> B. Improved estimation of regional input--output tables using cross-regional methods, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Many regional input--output tables are estimated by means of non-survey methods. Often, information on the margins of the projected table is complemented by...

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the International Input--Output Association and the 25th volume of <italic>Economic Systems Research</italic>. To celebrate this anniversary, a group of eight experts provide their views on the future of input--output. Looking forward, they foresee progress in terms of...

Production sectors are interdependent and the benefits of output growth for poverty reduction therefore spread over the economy. The role of such interdependencies is explicitly studied in this paper. A social accounting matrix for Malaysia that distinguishes between the major ethnic groups in...

The methodology in this paper combines an input-output structural decomposition approach with the supply-side perspective of mainstream growth accounting. In explaining the intertemporal change in consumption per worker, three sets of effects are distinguished. First, contributions due to...

Using intercountry input-output tables and disaggregated employment data, we decompose labor productivity growth between 1975 and 1985 in six Western European countries into partial effects of six determinants including changing international trade and changing final demand. To this end, new...

Structural decomposition techniques are widely used to break down the growth in some variable into the changes in its determinants. In this paper, we discuss the problems caused by the existence of a multitude of equivalent decomposition forms which are used to measure the contribution of a...