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Understanding productivity : a review of recent technical research
Dion, Richard (contributor); Fay, Robert (contributor) - 2008
The authors provide an extensive review of the rapidly expanding research on productivity, both at the macro and micro levels. They focus primarily on papers written about Canada, but also draw on selected studies from other countries, especially the United States, where such work sheds...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003727257
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The "V-Factor": distribution, timing and correlates of the great Indian growth turnaround
Ghate, Chetan; Wright, Stephen - 2009
Following Bai (2004) and Bai and Ng (2004) we estimate a common factor representation of a panel of output series for India, disaggregated by 15 states and 14 broad industry groups. We find that a single common V-Factor accounts for a large part of the significant shift in the cross-sectional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274009
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The "V-Factorʺ: distribution, timing and correlates of the great Indian growth turnaround
Ghate, Chetan; Wright, Stephen - 2009
Following Bai (2004) and Bai and Ng (2004) we estimate a common factor representation of a panel of output series for India, disaggregated by 15 states and 14 broad industry groups. We find that a single common "V-Factor" accounts for a large part of the significant shift in the cross-sectional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003809921
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The V-factor: distribution, timing and correlates of the great Indian growth turnaround
Ghate, Chetan; Wright, Stephen - 2008
The ratio of Indian to US per capita output over the past 45 years has displayed a distinctive V-shaped pattern. We show that a strikingly similar V-shaped pattern is visible not just in aggregate output .figures, but also as the primary determinant of long-term movements in the cross-sectional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265006
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Understanding productivity: A review of recent technical research
Dion, Richard; Fay, Robert - 2008
The authors provide an extensive review of the rapidly expanding research on productivity, both at the macro and micro levels. They focus primarily on papers written about Canada, but also draw on selected studies from other countries, especially the United States, where such work sheds...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289711
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The Impact of Regional and Sectoral Productivity Changes on the U.S. Economy
Caliendo, Lorenzo - 2014
We study the impact of regional and sectoral productivity changes on the U.S. economy. To that end, we consider an environment that captures the effects of interregional and intersectoral trade in propagating disaggregated productivity changes at the level of a sector in a given U.S. state to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013045888
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Specialization and happiness: A US-Japan comparison
Lee, Kristen Schultz; Ono, Hiroshi - 2006
This paper examines the relationship between specialization and happiness in marriage in the U.S. and Japan. Our … support the specialization model; they are happier if their wives are not working or, alternatively, if they are financially … dependent on their wives. In Japan, we find support for the specialization model, particularly in the case of women; they are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281185
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Specialization and happiness : a US-Japan comparison
Lee, Kristen Schultz (contributor); Ono, Hiroshi (contributor) - 2006 - Rev. February 18, 2008
This paper examines the relationship between specialization and happiness in marriage in the U.S. and Japan. Our … support the specialization model; they are happier if their wives are not working or, alternatively, if they are financially … dependent on their wives. In Japan, we find support for the specialization model, particularly in the case of women; they are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003350217
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Influence determination of social responsibility to the productivity enterprise activity level
Kavun, Sergii; Zhosan, Ganna - In: Economies : open access journal 4 (2016) 3, pp. 1-17
The purpose of this paper is to develop a scientific and methodical approach for determination of the comprehensive social responsibility indicator in this paper based on estimation of influence degree for the economical, ecological, social and labour, standard and legal components. There is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542587
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Increasing Returns, Labour Utilization and Externalities : Procyclical Productivity in the United States and Japan
Vecchi, Michela - 2001
This paper investigates procyclical productivity and attempts to discriminate among several competing explanations. The study focuses on the United States and Japan, since the different industrial relations in these two economies serve to cast a sharper light on the procyclical productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014149139