This articlefocuses on the relative levels of farm sector productivity forthe United States and nine European countries … for the period1973 to 1993. At the beginning of the period, Belgium had thehighest level of productivity relative to the … United States at1.689. Ireland had the lowest relative productivity at 0.759.By 1993, the range of levels of productivity had …

Der Tod macht alle Menschen gleich, dennoch sind nicht alle gleichmäßig betroffen. Unterschiede in der Sterblichkeit …. Eine Analyse der allgemeinen Sterblichkeit von Deutschen Bürgern im Alter von 20 bis 49 im Jahre 2004 wurde durchgeführt … die Sterblichkeit in Deutschland stärker einem Nord\Ost-Sued\West-Trend als einem einem Ost-West-Trend. Das Pro …

This paper is concerned with the determinants of international steam-coal trade. Most work in projecting coal trade has … of steam-coal trade of several deviations from the simple competitive model. In addition to perfect competition, we … Columbia). Using a simple equilibrium model of coal trade, we examine these market structures and evaluate the extent to which …

Over the coming century, computer technology is likely to become capable of reproducing many of the skills now …

The relationship between technology, productivity and employment is a complex one. Increased productivity can lead not … Europe by boosting productivity, competitiveness and employment together. How, though, is this to be achieved? This paper … can develop new markets. On the other hand, if demand and hence output does not expand in line with productivity, then an …

relationship between investments in technology capital and productivity. To measure agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) we …We assess long-run patterns of global agricultural productivity growth between 1970 and 2005 and examine the … employ a Solow-type growth accounting method to decompose output growth into input and TFP growth. For technology capital we …

The objective of this study was to examine if intra-racial income inequality contributes to higher infant mortality …

This dissertation contains two empirical papers on income and premature mortality, and one methodological paper that … concerns the summary measurement of the extent of social inequalities in health. Income dynamics and adult mortality: Canada … and the USAChapter 4 examines the effects of income level and income drops on all-cause mortality in Canada and the United …

used the costs and returns data to calculate the associated income lost from each mortality, and predicted the increase in … income that would result from reduced preweaning mortality in each herd size and region. Weprovide estimation methods that …'benefit analysis of intervention strategies intended to reduce preweaning mortality. …