Over the past 50 years, Australia has maintained a labour productivity level of around 80 per cent of that of the …'s geographic isolation. If the level of labour productivity is constrained by geographic isolation, then the scope to close the … productivity gap with the United States is less than previously thought. This paper provides an initial investigation of the link …

productivity in the two countries and attempts to quantify the effects on productivity of a range of possible causal factors … differences, the interaction of productivity with participation, and the potential impact of geography, location, and population … the most potential to explain the differences in labour productivity levels that are currently observed. By comparing …

by the NGF are able to grow in terms of both output and employment. However, we did not find any effect on productivity …

The concept of productivity is at the heart of economic theory, management science and operational management of firms … are indeed a major challenge to the concept of productivity. The objective of this paper is to review issues raised by … services and their relationships with productivity, from two different but related perspectives: 1) a theoretical and …

aspects of financial openness generate a strongly positive impact on economic growth and its sources, productivity growth and …

In response to a need to improve the productivity and throughput of elective surgical services, one district health …

It is difficult to estimate the impact of geographic clustering on productivity because of endogeneity issues. I use … between 1750 and 1899. I find that geographic clustering causally impacts productivity: composers were writing around one …

This paper analyses whether the productivity gains associated with learning-by-exporting (controlling for self … indicate that the yearly average gains in productivity are larger for those firms that increase their export to sales ratio. …

-selection, the literature mainly focuses on measures of productivity; however, other variables, such as preferences, beliefs and …