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The returns to scale effect in labour productivity growth

Mizobuchi, Hideyuki - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

Labour productivity is defined as output per unit of labour input. Economists acknowledge that technical progress as well as growth in capital inputs increases labour productivity. However, little attention has been paid to the fact that changes in labour input alone could also impact labour...

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New indices of labour productivity growth: Baumol’s disease revisited

Mizobuchi, Hideyuki - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

We introduce two new indexes of labour productivity growth. Both indexes are intended to capture the shift in the short-run production frontier, which can be attributed to technological progress or growth in capital inputs. The two indexes adopt distinct approaches to measuring the distance...

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Long-term labour productivity and GDP projections for the EU25 Member States : a production function framework

Carone, Giuseppe; Denis, Cécile; Mc Morrow, Kieran; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

-2004 average) could strongly affect the projections. • Finally, an assumption of productivity convergence in levels substantially …

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Душевой ВВП и производительность труда в России: было ли догоняющее развитие?

Zaytsev, Alexander - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Using Russian data, it is showт that different assessment techniques of cathing-up development lead to opposite conclusions: according to current PPPs we have seen the cathing-up in per capita GDP during 1990-2012 period, but according to constant PPPs – we have not. It is argued that current...

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Convergence and Regional Economic Growth in Mexico: 1970-1995

Cabrera-Castellanos, Luis F. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

This paper studies absolute and conditional convergence (alfa and beta-convergence too,) in Mexico over the period 1970 …-1995. I use the neoclassical growth model and a cross-section data for empirics. I find evidence of conditional convergence … (near at traditional 2% rate) for full period but different rates for other periods. I find also a faster convergence rate …

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The Impact of Temporary Employment on Labour Productivity: Evidence from an Industry-Level Panel of EU Countries

Lisi, Domenico - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

In recent years the availability of new industry-level data allowed to evaluate the impact of labour market policies more consistently than previous standard cross-country studies. In this paper an industry-level panel is exploited to evaluate the impact of less stringent Employment Protection...

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Cross-Sectors Skill Intensity, Productivity and Temporary Employment

Lisi, Domenico; Malo, Miguel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

In this article, we study the impact of temporary employment (TE) on productivity and, in particular, we wonder if it differs according to sectors skill intensity. Our data set is an ad-hoc industry-level panel of European countries, which allows to deal with endogeneity problems. Our main...

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Crescimento da produtividade e organização do trabalho: discussão de alguns factores

Moniz, António - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

Recent studies continue to indicate the existence of a narrow relationship between flexible work organizations and the economic growth, in particular, Sweden and Germany. The measure of this relationship is many times the result of the value added per worker. Therefore, the causes of economic...

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The strategic role of the Food Research Institute in productivity enhancement and the private sector development in Ghana

Yawson, Robert M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

The Private Sector Development Project (PSDP) was a culmination of the renewed commitment of the Government of Ghana to accelerate the pace of development of Ghana’s private sector. The project was also a direct result of the Business Community’s own assessment of Lingering issues which...

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How enterprise strategies are related to innovation and productivity change: An empirical study of Japanese manufacturing firms

Fujii, Hidemichi; Kazuma, Edamura; Sumikura, Koichi; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This study analyzes the total factor productivity of 1,067 Japanese manufacturing firms. In production estimation, we employ the directional distance function and Luenberger productivity indicator. Research and development strategy survey data are used to analyze the determinant factors related...

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