There is considerable interest in projections of future productivity growth in agriculture. Whether one is interested …, deforestation and ecological diversity, the rate of productivity growth in agriculture is an essential input. Yet solid projections … in measuring historical productivity growth. The purpose of this paper is to report the latest time series evidence on …

This study investigated the efficiency and productivity change of a sample of food distribution units (MERCAs) in Spain … decomposition into pure and scale efficiency. The Malmquist index was calculated in order to analyse the components of the … productivity change. The mean pure sales efficiency index was high, around 0.8, the mean scale index being 0,9. As appears from the …

There is considerable interest in projections of future productivity growth in agriculture. Whether one is interested …, deforestation and ecological diversity, the rate of productivity growth in agriculture is an essential input. Yet solid projections … in measuring historical productivity growth. The purpose of this paper is to report the latest time series evidence on …

natürliche Experimente ausgewertet, die sich aus Reformen der Alterssicherungssysteme in Deutschland und der Schweiz ergeben …

contribution of total factor productivity (TFP) to growth in GDP averaged about 32 percent over the period, and this contribution …

next best deposits. This tendency to exploit poorer quality ores tends to push productivity down and the prices of mineral … wide range of cost-reducing innovations. These efforts, in turn, helped double labor productivity in copper mining during … their labor productivity and standard of living. In particular, it highlights the stimulating influence of global …

between infrastructure and private productivity. The second subject is the determinants of regional infrastructure investment … infrastructure to private production; the essays three to five study besides the productivity effects also the determinants of …

rigidity. The third essay analyses how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity and firm performance in a … among heterogeneous producers and increases average productivity and profit levels, firm-level bargaining allows less … productive entrants to remain in the market. The positive effect of centralised bargaining on average productivity can, however …