National accounting statistics became embedded in economists' empirical work and supplied a paid–unpaid distinction rather than abandoning the prior boundary.

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What counts as productive? Redefining ‘producers’ in economic discourse, 1890–1960 — Problem, position, and contribution: the production boundary as a case of statistical redefinition

This new distinction was embedded in the emerging national accounting statistics that economists increasingly organized their empirical work around.

https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2024.2404355#unit-1-p6

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