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Here’s why increasing productivity in housing construction is such a tricky problem to solve

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par Martin Loosemore, Professor of Construction Management, University of Technology Sydney

This week, the Productivity Commission released its much-awaited report into productivity growth in Australia’s housing construction sector. It wasn’t a glowing appraisal.

The commission found physical productivity – the total number of houses built per hour worked – has more than halved over the past 30 years.

The more nuanced measure of labour productivity – which accounts for improvements in size and quality – has also fallen, by 12%.

Both…

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