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adjustment processes of Australian firms, and the impact of these adjustments on firm and industry labour productivity. The …, exit, merger, acquisition and incorporation activity affect data on firm and industry productivity. The resource movements … that accompany some of these events contribute to changes in labour productivity. „h The analysis shows that, for the firms …
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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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on work arrangements in key industries. It is complemented by the Productivity Commission's report, International …
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The increased use of information and communications technology (ICT) has helped to raise Australia’s productivity … Productivity: A Synthesis from Studies of Australian Firms concludes that the stronger growth in the use of ICT in the second half … of the 1990s added up to 1/2 a percentage point in the acceleration in annual labour productivity growth, principally as …
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The study examines the relationship between work arrangements and workplace performance on large capital building sites.
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high regional disparities, varying with the sector. We also find diverse combinations in productivity and unit price of …
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high regional disparities, varying with the sector. We also find diverse combinations in productivity and unit price of …
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A model is used to study the impact of ownership on productivity and wages. Data on private and public manufacturing in … between wages and productivity in the private sector; no such relationship exists in the public sector. … Turkey during the 1950-1998 period indicate that productivity is higher in the private sector.There is a close relationship …
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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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This report examines the employment structure and structural change (1986-1999) of Vietnam, discusses Vietnam's labour market regulations and examines how Vietnam's labour markets could become more efficient. Vietnam’s labour policies remain focused on control of state enterprises: who they...
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