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been introduced. The model includes assumptions about the productivity gains of GM crops, possible consumer responses and …
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technology and the importance of technical and allocative efficiency. We show that the diversity of factor choices in not due to … a non-homothetic technology. Observable skills are not quantitatively important as determinants of productivity … differentials could be levelled out, substantial gains thorough improvements in allocative efficiency would be possible. …
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, under the assumption that a positive relationship exists between efficiency and productivity. Finally, we compare … institutional efficiency scores of national training markets to other measures of productivity and ask whether a particular set of …We investigate the effect of institutions on efficiency of training markets. After setting up a theoretical …
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Because of the costs involved in such exercises, current productivity measures do not necessarily fully take into … contrast to productivity (incorporating changes in measured quality) estimates. For Australia as a whole in the 1989-90 to 1998 …-99 period, the annual multifactor productivity (MFP) increase was 1.64 percent and the annual increase in community preference …
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. Even the currencies of poor nations are galloping upward in $ parity, because they are linked to Euro. This is due to USA …'s approach to control other nations in the world,through unilateral Army power,tie up of domestic markets towards USA, and … Pumping wealth from developed nations. A Notional Balance sheet of USA, balances only with a Loss to the Assets(Debit). This …
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This paper gives an overview of some issues related to market aluation, focusing on the developments on the New York equity markets. The 42.4 p.c. fall in the S&P 500 price index between 24 March 2000 - when it reached its all-time high - and 31 December 2002 is situated in a very long term...
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This paper carries out an empirical assessment of the relationship between social capital and labour productivity in … significant and positive influence both on labour productivity and on human development. …
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In this paper labour productivity growth and its impacts are studied at the industry level. The development of … productivity is analysed in 54 industries in 14 EU countries and in the US between 1979 and 2001. The conclusion of the study is … that the industry structure that leads to fast productivity growth is connected to falling export prices. The relationship …
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productivity are interconnected. First we discuss two approaches in the human capital theory, stressing some difficulties that …
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This paper carries out an empirical assessment of the relationship between social capital and labour productivity in … significant and positive influence both on labour productivity and on human development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134471