Australian service sector productivity gains invisible to traditional measurement methods

Australia's productivity measurements may not capture gains in service-based sectors like healthcare and social work, researchers argue. Georgia Harraway-Jones, a support worker, says outcomes like housing the homeless or helping abuse survivors escape are difficult to quantify using traditional metrics. Over 60 percent of Australian GDP comes from services, raising questions about whether factory-era productivity measures apply to care-giving economies.

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