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Una misurazione del benessere nelle regioni italiane

Grasso, Marco - EconWPA - 2004

La limitazione del benessere ai soli aspetti reddituali ignora numerose dimensioni e condizioni fondamentali per il realizzarsi delle potenzialità individuali. Obiettivo dell’articolo è quello di fornire una misura multidimensionale di benessere per le Regioni italiane, che superi la...

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Maquiladoras and Standard of Living in Mexico Before and After NAFTA

Huato, Julio - EconWPA - 2005

This study assesses the impact across states of for-export, mostly foreign-owned manufacturing plants (commonly known as 'maquiladoras') on various measures of standard of living in Mexico, namely literacy rate, school attendance rates, housing characteristics, life expectancy, infant mortality,...

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Employment in Poland 2005

Bukowski, Maciej; Lewandowski, Piotr; Magda, Iga; … - EconWPA - 2005

present a comprehensive statistical and econometric analysis of employment, unemployment and participation in Poland in the … with some policy prescriptions. At the moment Poland exhibits the highest unemployment rate in OECD and one of the lowest …. Also the qualitative survey of institutional background of labor market in Poland is conducted. We complement our research …

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Resource movements and labour productivity, an Australian

Bland, Steven; Will, Lou - EconWPA - 2001

„h This paper presents the results of an exploratory analysis of industry change designed to shed light on the adjustment processes of Australian firms, and the impact of these adjustments on firm and industry labour productivity. The analysis is based on data for 1994-95 to 1997-98 for a...

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Work arrangements on large capital city building projects

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002

The study examines the relationship between work arrangements and workplace performance on large capital building sites.

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Trends in Australian Manufacturing

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

Australian manufacturing is a picture of diversity and contrasts. This is the main finding of this paper which examines trends in the Australian manufacturing sector over the last two decades. Manufacturing output has quadrupled since the mid-1950s. The fastest growing activities have been those...

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The increasing demand for skilled workers in Australia: the role of technical change

Laine, Craig de; Laplagne, Patrick; Stone, Susan - EconWPA - 2001

Examines how technological change has affected the demand for skilled workers. Over the past twenty years, there has been a shift toward employment of skilled workers in Australia, as well as in many other industrialised economies. While it has sometimes been argued that the trend toward skilled...

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Vietnam's Labour Market in Transition

McCarty, Adam - EconWPA - 2001

effective. State enterprise restructuring will create unemployment, but the numbers will be small in relation to Vietnam’s total …

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The Australian black coal industry

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2001

On 9 July 1997 the Treasurer referred the international competitiveness of the Australian black coal industry to the Commission for inquiry and report within 12 months. The Commission is to identify ways of improving the international competitiveness of the Australian black coal industry which...

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Impact of competition policy reforms on rural and regional Australia

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2001

On 28 August 1998 the Treasurer referred the impact of competition policy reforms on rural an regional Australia for inquiry and report within 12 months of receiving the reference. The Commission is to assess the impact (both transitional and ongoing) of the competition policy and related...

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