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We estimate the rate of total factor productivity growth in Indian manufacturing industry for the period 1973-1992, and … it ignores the additional capital formation made possible by an increase in productivity and therefore understates … productivity's true importance. Our estimates suggest that the understatement may be quite large, and that one might better ask if …
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condition holds, non-zero rates of growth of labor productivity will not destroy debt neutrality …
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United States relative to Japan. High productivity growth in the traded sector of the Japanese economy results in a …
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establishments. Within the framework of a modified Cobb-Douglas production function, layoffs do not influence subsequent productivity …
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This paper uses an integrated model of aggregate supply to analyze the post-1973 slowdown in productivity growth in the … cyclical factors. The model is therefore re-estimated, and the sources of productivity decline recalculated, on the hypothesis …
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This study documents a significant inverse relationship between grievance rates and productivity. It is argued in the …
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This paper assesses the empirical relevance of "dynamic" factors in industrialization in developing countries. Using data from a sample of 91 firms, rates of growth of output per unit of input are calculated. It is shown that there is little basis, at least with regard to Turkish experience, to...
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.S. aggregate labor productivity, and 2) whether the same set of forces account for the slowdown of sectoral productivity growth as … well. We specify a model which relates measured labor productivity growth to capital/labor ratio, level and rate of change … aggregate data for the period 1949-1978.The results of the estimation suggest that the pattern of aggregate productivity growth …
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dynamism, may explain the observed productivity slowdown. We consider the role of nonemployers, businesses without paid … employees, in business dynamism and aggregate productivity. Despite the decline in the growth of employer firms, the total … average annual growth of aggregate productivity of 0.26-0.39%, over one quarter of the productivity growth in the data …
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productivity is endogenously enhanced? To address these questions, we focus on the dynamic effect of trade, in particular, how …
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