Progress in implementing the Atkinson review recommendations

This article summarises the progress made in implementing the recommendations in the review of Measurement of Government Output and Productivity for the National Accounts led by Sir Tony Atkinson which reported in January 2005. The review recommended changes to the way output was then directly measured in the National Accounts for particular services, as well as making proposals for measuring the output of services which were not directly measured. Resulting improvements in measuring government output have led to an estimated 5.1 percentage point addition to the cumulative growth in government output between 1995 and 2005. Economic & Labour Market Review (2009) 3, 39–44; doi:10.1057/elmr.2009.142