In the absense of frictionless trade, domestic productivity will be a major determinant of prices. Using repeated cross-sections of absolute prices of individual goods across European countries, I find that products of an industry tend to be cheaper in countries with higher productivity in that industry. Similarly, countries with higher productivity in manufacturing have lower prices for produc...

A number of the largest U.S. firms have been found guilty of labor discrimination despite having policies in place that have been designed in order to avoid the outcome. This paper diagnoses the phenomenon and proposes a contractual solution to ameliorate the situation using a mechanism design approach. Existing research (e.g., Becker (1957), Coate and Loury (1993)) studies a situation in which...

Journal Impact Factor (JIF) has been used in assessing scientific journals. Other indices, h- and g-indices and Article Influence Score (AIS), have been developed to overcome some limitations of JIF. The aims of this study were, first, to critically assess the use of JIF and other parameters related to medical education research, and second, to discuss the capacity of these indices in assessing...

Abstract This study investigates the impact of digital economy (DE) on green total factor productivity (GTFP) and its transmission mechanism. Using panel data from 256 cities in China 2009 to 2020, examines a directional distance function Malmquist–Luenberger index estimate GTFP growth constructs an ordinary least squares model explore effect Three findings are drawn estimation results: (1) The...

This paper discusses the relationship between health and productivity at the workplace by providing a global perspective of the current status of the fields of workplace health promotion and health management. The prevailing chronic disease trends coupled with economic pressures have proven a significant challenge for employers and employees alike. While a global growth trend in workplace healt...

Leaders that focus on preventing risks and promoting safe healthy behaviors are essential to reducing workplace accidents illnesses, particularly in a changing environment where technology the complex interconnection of systems create emerging with unpredictable consequences for employee wellbeing organizational productivity. In sense, this multiple group study 32 experts occupational safety he...

THE quadruple-threat ‘‘gold standard’’ of a successful academician: researcher, educator, clinician, and leader, is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve in the current academic environment. Success, for promotional purposes, has traditionally focused on research activity and grant funding. With fewer physicians engaging in research and the competition for grant dollars increasing, faculty...

: recently, productivity discussion has been considered in social and scientific discussions. in the extreme world of competition and growth of technology, policy makers and management consider increase of productivity as tool or as a goal occasionally (3) in this research it is intended to recognize effects factor on increase of productivity particularly factors such as providing essential nee...

Based on the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2011 to 2020, this paper empirically studies impact and mechanism digital finance labor productivity by using two-way fixed effect model mediation model. Research shows that can promote productivity. However, there are differences driving effects coverage breadth, depth digitization level In terms direction its productivity, breadth have a p...