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Measuring and improving productivity in services : issues, strategies and challenges
Djellal, Faridah - 2008
The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic … problems. This book aims to provide a critical review of the main debates on productivity in the domain of services. The first … part examines the theoretical consequences of services specificities on the concept of productivity and reviews the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850594
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Growth, unemployment, and deindustrialization
Groot, Henri L. F. de - 2000
dual labour market * the relative stagnancy of Europe versus the USA in terms of productivity levels and unemployment … endogenous growth theory, economic growth and unemployment, labour market economics and industrial organization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473896
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Human capital, trade, and public policy in rapidly growing economies : from theory to empirics
Boldrin, Michele (ed.); Chen, Been-Lon (ed.); Wang, Ping (ed.) - International Conference on Economic Growth <Zhong yang … - 2004
Human Capital, Trade and Public Policy in Rapidly Growing Economies argues that only two centuries ago, no society had ever enjoyed sustained growth in living standards. The contributors to this book aim to discover why the world today exhibits a predilection for perpetual self-improvement. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474031
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Knowledge, inequality, and growth in the new economy
Nahuis, Richard - 2003
of wage inequality between high-skilled and low-skilled workers, and the relatively low productivity growth experienced … technological revolution, describe why this does not necessarily result in high productivity growth and outline the best methods to … measure productivity in the new economy. This exhaustive exploration of productivity growth and wage inequality between high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474134
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The Elgar companion to classical economics
Kurz, Heinz-Dieter (contributor);  … - 1998
This authoritative and comprehensive reference work provides a thorough account of the classical approach to economics. It contains almost two hundred informative short entries in an easily accessible dictionary format on all the significant areas of this school of thought. The companion breaks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851633
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Market, state, and feminism : the economics of feminist policy
Dawson, Graham; Hatt, Sue; Watson-Brown, Linda; Baxter, … - 2000
Market, State and Feminism offers an inter-disciplinary critique of the 'free market backlash' - the belief that free market economics can improve the position, status and well-being of women. The authors argue that, far from being restrictive and intrusive, state action can enhance the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473922
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Current issues in open economy macroeconomics : paradoxes, policies, and problems
Ford, J. L. - 1990
issues in the macroeconomic theory of different forms of open economies under differing degrees of dependency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473925
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The Elgar companion to radical political economy
Arestis, Philip (ed.); Sawyer, Malcolm C. (ed.) - 1994
This major reference book has been designed to provide a comprehensive coverage of radical political economy. International in scope, The Elgar Companion to Radical Political Economy includes contributions from a very wide range of specialists who discuss topics, ideas and theories in the field....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473931
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Thomas Joplin and classical macroeconomics : a reappraisal of classical monetary thought
O'Brien, Denis Patrick - 1993
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The economics of regulating road transport
Verhoef, Erik T. - 1996
The regulation of road transport externalities - environmental pollution, noise annoyance, accidents and congestion - is one of the most important issues in contemporary transport policies. The Economics of Regulating Road Transport explores welfare economic evaluations - in terms of efficiency...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473953