improving the performance of Medicare in terms of efficiency and equity. This bridges the findings of two baseline studies …

This note shows that unit labor costs, the most widely used measure of competitiveness, are equivalent to the labor … cost as a measure of competitiveness and shift the burden of lack of growth or loss of market share to capital. In this … competitiveness (i.e., increase in unit labor costs) in the Philippines is exclusively the result of increases in prices as the labor …

This article deals with the concept of competitiveness. Competitiveness is technically a firm-level concept. However …, it is oftentimes extended to the national level--the idea of a country's 'international competitiveness' with the …; profitability-->long-run economic growth. The concept of national competitiveness is faulty, in the words of Paul Krugman it has …

and competitiveness before one can participate in regional integration and face global competition. The country first … improvement in the overall competitiveness of domestic industries. The improved competitiveness enabled the country to participate …

This note shows that unit labor costs, the most widely used measure of competitiveness, are equivalent to the labor … cost as a measure of competitiveness and shift the burden of lack of growth or loss of market share to capital. In this … competitiveness (i.e., increase in unit labor costs) in the Philippines is exclusively the result of increases in prices as the labor …

Competitiveness is technically a firm level concept. However, it is oftentimes extended to the national level--the idea … of a country's 'international competitiveness' with the following analogies: market share-->export share of country … competitiveness is faulty, in the words of Paul Krugman it has become a 'dangerous obsession.' However, national or government …

run, China’s competitiveness will increase and its economic growth will experience another surge. For the Philippines, the …. However, reduction of trade barriers for China and the rise in its competitiveness imply that the Philippines will find it …