This study investigates the relationship between real wages, labor productivity and unemployment in Malaysia at the … productivity and real wages, but that unemployment was apparently unconnected to the system. The results suggested that labor … productivity is positively related to real wage in the long run. However, the increase in real wage exceeds the increase in labor …

The size of the group of social species might influence basic aspects of productivity and social interactions. In many … (1) to maximize colony productivity and (2) to minimize the impact of brood parasitoids. However, there might also be …

mode of organization (outsourcing versus integration) of intermediate inputs production. We find evidence of a productivity … productive and domestic outsourcing by the least productive firms; those with medium-high productivity choose domestic … integration, those with medium-low productivity foreign outsourcing. We also find that the preference for integration over …

Purpose – This study analyses the effects on productivity of Performance-Related Payments (PRP) and unions, and … presents firm-level quantile regressions for Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and controls for various observed characteristics … effects of PRP but the increasing impact of unions are estimated along the productivity distribution. Conversely, the role of …

This paper examines the impact of a permanent shock to the productivity growth rate in a New Keynesian model when the … central bank does not immediately adjust its policy rule to that shock. Our results show that inflation and productivity … targets the output gap. We then demonstrate that inflation is more stable after a permanent productivity shock when monetary …

rates of productivity growth and, to a smaller degree, physical and human capital accumulation. Finally, economic freedom …

face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the average productivity of survivors increases. These pro …

productivity, risk premia and US monetary policy – to explain the large movements in relative prices between 2002 and 2008. We find … that productivity shocks were major drivers of relative price movements, while shocks to risk premia and US monetary policy …

The paper analyzes the efficiency and productivity of the Romanian banks from 2006-08. It uses a non … are relatively low. Also, even if in 2007 the total factor productivity increased, in 2008 this score of the average … productivity of banks decreased. …