In this paper, we use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate how well China’s urban areas absorb migrant workers … and regional rural labor absorption efficiency in mainland China. It appears that 4 out of 31 provinces and municipals are … China, urban labor absorption efficiency is higher compared with the western and northern parts of China. Different …

than efficiency change. The chemical and Petrochemical, Machinery and Transport equipment industries are treated as global …

(agriculture). Our focus is mainly on the costs associated with congestion and pollution as well the impact of under-priced energy … particular generate in two important sectors – transport and agriculture – in two MENA countries, Egypt (transport) and Yemen … indicative estimates of the external costs of energy subsidies, as manifested in congestion and pollution. Our estimates using …

and existing hypotheses about the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the efficiency of domestic firms in the …

. We conclude that the household efficiency does yield empirically falsifiable restrictions despite being scarcely rejected …

there is a tradeoff as to efficiency and inequality with respect to services that are contracted to private companies in a …

, there is some reason hope that private provision might promote microeconomic efficiency and services which are more … choice and innovation. Second, however, efficiency gains have often been limited. This is due to a number of inter …

We analyze the efficiency and productivity growth of a representative sample of Portuguese hospitals from 1997 to 2004 … productivity indicator that is decomposed into the usual constituents of productivity growth: technological change and efficiency …