this very narrow approach to increasing productivity would suggest. Genetic erosion is happening at a more rapid pace in … developing countries because of the somewhat faulty planning to bring about change and increase productivity. Above all …

agricultural productivity, but releases the land barrier by intensity of land use. Given this problem, energy becomes a related …

disproportionately raise the productivity and value of guards who are more likely to shoot the ball from behind the three-point line, we … productivity of players who are more likely to shoot closer to the basket. We provide evidence that centers and forwards … experienced increases in relative productivity with the introduction of the three-point line. Finally, we present evidence that …

This paper analyzes the revision to Japan's labor productivity, measured using Japan's System of National Accounts (SNA … rate of labor productivity often went beyond 1 percentage point. Second, the annual growth rate of labor productivity has … labor productivity growth. Our regression results suggest that labor productivity is likely to be revised upward during …

In this paper, we estimate time-varying biases of technical change and their effects on productivity using econometric …, the labor-saving technical change has made large positive contributions to TFP growth and labor productivity growth. In …

The aim of this study is to provide evidence on the relation between specialisation patterns and productivity in … explaining productivity differences among countries by making use of panel data modeling. Descriptive findings show that high … data estimation results show a positive association between absolute specialisation in production and labour productivity …

This paper discusses welfare costs of a decrease in productivity and argues that there are two important channels which … utility and common productivity across firms fail to capture the extensive margin. To address this problem, this paper … introduces “continuum-quadratic” utility while keeping the other assumptions unchanged and finds that lowering productivity …

(MERCOSUR) on productivity, employment and wages for the Uruguayan manufacturing sector at the plant level. We use impact … liberalization seems to improve total factor productivity with a greater effect on plants belonging to the import competing sector … the wage gap between white and blue collars as a result of increased trade exposure. Thus, the increase in productivity …