This paper presents one of the first studies of firm demographics in Estonia, focusing particularly on the processes of firm entry and exit as well as survival analysis of new firms. Also, decompositions of productivity change into components consisting of resource reallocation, firm entry and...

Slovakia is engaged in an ambitious reform process which has the potential to quicken productivity growth, increase the employment rate and accelerate the catch-up to the per capita income levels of more advanced OECD countries. Short-term outcomes may be demanding socially and politically, but...

The report summarises the results generated in empirical analysis within a larger EU's 5th framework programme for research and development on the determinants of productivity gaps between the current EU-15 and accession states in central and eastern Europe. The focus of research in this part of...

Das 31. CEIES Seminar "Messen wir die Produktivität richtig" fand am 12-13 Oktober 2006 in Rome, Italien, statt. Es versammelte Vertreter der betroffen Produzenten und Nutzern von Informationen. Zweck dieses Seminars war es: - einen Überblick über den Stand der Messung der Produktivität in...

On 12 June and 9 September 2008 the EESC Labour Market Observatory organised two hearings on "Sustainable Productivity Growth and Quality of Working Life".

The objective of this evaluation is to provide an overall independent assessment of the Commission’s past and current cooperation with Colombia over the period 2002-2011. It also aims at identifying key lessons in order to improve the current and future strategies and programmes of the...

Creating better jobs and working conditions are key elements of the European social model. Improving the quality of work and working conditions is, however, a new dimension within the European Employment Strategy which previously concentrated on quantitative measures such as increasing...

In diesem Artikel wird der Produktivitätsfortschritt in ökologisch wirtschaftenden Betrieben im Zeitraum 1999/2000 bis 2006/07 quantifiziert und der Produktivitätsentwicklung vergleichbarer konventioneller Betriebe gegenübergestellt. Die Messung des Produktionsfortschritts erfolgt anhand des...

Recent reform of the Common Agricultural Policy has led to the decoupling of direct payments to farmers from production. This policy change is expected to make farmers’ production decisions more market oriented as their subsidy revenue maximization objectives become profit maximizing...