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A Study on Structure of the Economy of Udalguri Sub-Division, Assam (India)

Daimari, Prasen; Mishra, SK - EconWPA - 2005

In this study we make an attempt to visualize the structure of the economy of Udalguri Subdivision of Assam, India. The structure of an economy comprises the characteristic features of and the interrelationships among its constituent parts and subsystems. These characteristic features and...

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A Model of Remittance Determination Applied to Middle East and North Africa Countries

GLYTSOS, NICHOLAS - EconWPA - 2005

The objective is to construct and estimate a model of remittance determination which reflects individual behaviour of the migrant and his family, treating remittances as an endogenous variable in the migration system. Behind this model is found the idea of the relative bargaining power, inherent...

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National Health Accounts in Latin America and Caribbean - Concept, Results and Policy Uses

Magnoli, Alessandro - EconWPA - 2005

This paper presents the National Health Accounts (NHA) methodology and its relevance in policy making in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region. After presenting the concept of NHA and highlighting recent results of LAC data collection activities, the paper will focus on policy...

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Cuentas Nacionales de Salud en América Latina y Caribe - Concepto, resultados y política de empleo

Magnoli, Alessandro - EconWPA - 2005

Este trabajo presenta la metodología de las Cuentas Nacionales de Salud (CNS) y su importancia en el diseño de políticas en la región de Latinoamérica y el Caribe (LAC). Después de presentar el significado el concepto de las CNS y de resaltar algunos de los resultados recientes en los...

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Efficiency, subsidies and environmental adaptation of animal farming under CAP.

Mesonada, Carlos San Juan; Sperlich, Stefan; Murillo, Carmen - EconWPA - 2005

of farm (assuming no specific production functions) are identified using DEA techniques. We then address the relationship …

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Effect of Teaching on Hospital Productivity

Grosskopf, S.; Margaritis, D.; Valdmanis, V. - EconWPA - 1997

In addition to providing direct patient care, some hospitals also are used as training grounds for medical students and physicians-in-training (medical residents). Because of these additional responsibilities, total costs are higher in teaching hospitals than their non-teaching counterparts. In...

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Performance of Indian commercial banks (1995-2002): an application of data envelopment analysis and Malmquist productivity index

Galagedera, Don U.A.; Edirisuriya, Piyadasa - EconWPA - 2004

This paper investigates efficiency using data envelopment analysis (DEA) and productivity growth using Malmquist index … and loans and other earning assets as output in the DEA analysis we observe no significant growth in productivity during … compared to managerial efficiency. In general, smaller banks are less efficient and highly DEA-efficient banks have a high …

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Technical Efficiency of Australian Wool Production: Point and Confidence Interval Estimates

Fraser, Iain; Horrace, William C. - EconWPA - 2002

A balanced panel of data is used to estimate technical efficiency, employing a fixed-effects stochastic frontier specification for wool producers in Australia. Both point estimates and confidence intervals for technical efficiency are reported. The confidence intervals are constructed using the...

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Industrial Sector Growth Accounting of Some Indian States and Union Territories: A Data Envelopment Analysis

Mathur, Somesh Kumar; Ahmed, Shahid - EconWPA - 2005

We work out technical efficiency levels of the Indian States and Union Territories using Data Envelopment Analysis from 1980-81 to 1997-98. We decompose net value added per worker growth into components attributable to technological changes (shifts in the overall production...

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Growth Accounting for Some Selected Developing, Newly Industrialized and Developed Nations from 1966-2000: A Data Envelopment Analysis

Mathur, Somesh Kumar - EconWPA - 2004

We work out technical efficiency levels of 29 countries consisting of some selected South Asian, East Asian and EU countries using data envelopment analysis. Luxembourg has an efficiency score of one(most efficient) in all the years .Netherlands also has an efficiency score of one in...

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