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Abstract

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 is 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 addtion to the expected effect of an increased pace of change using broad sectoral categories.