STRUCTURAL-CHANGE IN THE UK 1974-84 - AN INPUT-OUTPUT-ANALYSIS

This paper studies structural change in the UK based on three comparable input-output tables. Structural change is measured by changes in intermediate input flows. These may represent either changes in demand or technical and organizational change. The focus on intermediate demand offers a different perspective to the more usual approach to measuring structural change which implicitly assumes that the sectoral destination of the output supplied is irrelevant. A rich tapestry of results obtained in addition to the expected effect of an increased pace of change using broad sectoral categories.