John Whitefield Kendrick
John Whitefield Kendrick | |
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| Born | 27 July 1917 |
| Died | 17 November 2009 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | George Washington University |
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| Fields | Economics, Statistics |
| Institutions | George Washington University |
| Doctoral students | Carol S. Carson |
John Whitefield Kendrick (July 27, 1917, Brooklyn – November 17, 2009, Arlington, Virginia) was a pioneer in productivity measurement and economic accounting.[1][2]
Kendrick worked as an economist from 1946 to 1953 at the Office of Business Economics, the predecessor to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, and from 1955 to 1988 as a professor at George Washington University.[1] In 1963 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[3]
Education
Kendrick received a bachelor's degree in history in 1937 and a master's degree in economics in 1939 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1955 he received a doctorate from George Washington University.
Dr. Kendrick authored more than a dozen books on economics and productivity.[2]
Main Works
- Kendrick, John W. “Expanding Imputed Values in the National Income and Product Accounts.” The Review of Income and Wealth 25, no. 4 (December 1979): 349–363.
- Kendrick, John W.; Carl E. Jones. “Gross National Farm Product in Constant Dollars, 1910–1950.” Survey of Current Business 31 (September 1951): 12–19.
- Kendrick, John W., assisted by Maude R. Pech. Productivity Trends in the United States. National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) General Series no. 71. Princeton University Press, 1961.
- Kendrick, John W. Postwar Productivity Trends in the United States. New York: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1973.
- Kendrick, John W., assisted by Yvonne Lethem and Jennifer Rowley. The Formation and Stocks of Total Capital. NBER General Series no. 100. New York: Columbia University Press for NBER, 1976.
- Kendrick, John W. and Elliot S. Grossman. Productivity in the United States: Trends and Cycles. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980.
- Kendrick, John W. and Beatrice N. Vaccara (eds). New Developments in Productivity Measurement and Analysis. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1980.
References
- ^ a b An Appreciation of John W. Kendrick at bea.gov
- ^ a b T. Rees Shapiro. John W. Kendrick dies; GWU professor, Commerce chief economist. Washington Post. 10 Dec 2009.
- ^ View/Search Fellows of the ASA, accessed 2016-07-23.
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