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Measuring economic growth using data envelopment analysis
Škare, Marinko; Rabar, Danijela - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 18 (2016) 42, pp. 386-406
Exploring and explaining development gaps between countries is an important theoretical and empirical task. This paper presents empirical studies related to economic growth and its determinants across countries, based on the use of data envelopment analysis method. It emphasizes the importance...
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Micro Gains From Micro Reform
Quiggin, John - 1998
Large estimates of the benefits of microeconomic reform have been put forward in official studies. By contrast, Quiggin (1997) concludes that benefits of microeconomic reforms have been modest. A key area of disagreement relates to the claim that increased competition leads to increases in...
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Skilled immigrants' contribution to productive efficiency
Nahm, Daehoon; Tani, Massimiliano - 2014
This paper studies whether skilled migrants contribute to the host country's "productive efficiency" (Farrell, 1957) using input-output and immigration sectoral data for seven industries in twelve countries during the period 1999-2001. We find that skilled migrants contribute positively to a...
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Trends in 'Structural' Productivity Levels in the Major Industrialized Countries
Bourlès, Renaud - 2010
productivity and other industrialized countries' catch-up with US productivity levels over recent decades …
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Measuring the Effect of Labor-Management Complementarities on Production and Efficiency
Carter, Kelly - 2016
Existing studies find that labor-management complementarities (LMCs) exist. This paper adds to that literature by quantifying the effect of LMCs on levels of, and differences in, production and efficiency. I find that levels of LMCs are sometimes positively but other times negatively related to...
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Skilled Immigrants' Contribution to Productive Efficiency
Nahm, Daehoon - 2014
This paper studies whether skilled migrants contribute to the host country's 'productive efficiency' (Farrell, 1957) using input-output and immigration sectoral data for seven industries in twelve countries during the period 1999-2001. We find that skilled migrants contribute positively to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050617
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Efficiency Measurement Using Traditional Productivity Indicators?
Erber, Georg - 2014
factor productivity. Using this approach the valuations of other agents related to this production process are ignored … dimensions into account. Labor productivity might increase but at the same time the satisfaction of employees decreases. The …
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Entrepreneurship, firms creation and regional performance
Rico Belda, Paz; Cabrer-Borrás, Bernardí - In: European journal of management and business economics : … 28 (2019) 2, pp. 158-173
/methodology/approach For this purpose, a model is specified and estimated in which the total factor productivity of Spanish regions is …
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Enhancing Productivity, Efficiency and International Competitiveness of Indian Economy
Rena, Ravinder - 2015
-sector structural reforms aimed at enhancing productivity, efficiency and international competitiveness of the economy. The reforms have …
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Do competent managers increase labor productivity? : evidence from Korea
Ahn, Donghwan; Yoo, Shiyong; Cho, Seungho - In: Journal of derivatives and quantitative studies 31 (2023) 3, pp. 242-260
This study investigates the effect of managerial ability on labor productivity by analyzing various methods in the firm … Demerjian et al. (2012), while labor productivity was analyzed using value-added and sales. The authors find that managerial … ability has a positive effect on labor productivity. In other words, the productivity of employees improves with the …
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