THIS PAPER EXPLORES the comparative productivity performance in manufacturing of three countries-Germany, Japan, and the United Statessince 1950.1 The productivity level estimates are based on the industryof-origin approach, making use of detailed information from censuses of manufactures for each country. Comparative measures of sectoral productivity levels have a vast array of applications in...

In recent years, farming section of South Khorasan Province faces different limitations such as increasing shortage of water resources and continuous reduction of weather showers.Considering consecutive droughts and water crisis in agricultural plain of the province, it is necessary to use water resources optimally and increase productivity of water shortage input. Comparison of water productiv...

We investigate the findings in several recent studies using plantlevel data that report negative growth in the reallocation component of aggregate labor productivity growth. This empirical finding is also counter to almost all theoretical models of aggregate productivity growth, where inputs reallocate on average from the lower value to higher value activities. We attempt to solve this puzzle f...

M any people now enjoy levels of prosperity that would have been barely imaginable a few hundred years ago. That remarkable achievement can be viewed through the lens of productivity statistics that give quantitative estimates of output per unit of input. By studying productivity, analysts can improve their understanding of the causes of national prosperity and economic growth. Since different ...

We build an economico-epidemiological Solow-Swan model. Mortality and morbidity effects on effective labor are taken into account. A Ben-Porath-like mechanism affects the dynamics of the saving rate and reduces labor productivity. Based on optimal projections of the demographic and economic South-African series on the period 2000-2050, we identify a delayed effect of HIV-AIDS on economic growth...

The role of health in economic development is analyzed via two channels: the direct labor productivity e¤ect and the indirect incentive e¤ect. The labor productivity hypothesis asserts that individuals who are healthier have higher returns to labor input. This is well tested in the empirical literature with mixed conclusions. The incentive e¤ect is borne of the theoretical literature, and indiv...

Investment in human capital builds and enhances the capacity and skills of the labour force and generates the appropriate knowledge for technological progress, all with the main goal of higher productivity, growth and development. Yet a conscious effort must be made to integrate education fully into economic plans of African economies, such that educational reforms move at least simultaneously ...

BACKGROUND Caregiver productivity costs are an important component of the overall cost of care for individuals with birth defects and developmental disabilities, yet few studies provide estimates for use in economic evaluations. OBJECTIVE This study estimates labor market productivity costs for caregivers of children and adolescents with spina bifida. METHODS Case families were recruited fr...

Economic Reforms and Productivity-Enhancing Reallocation in the Post-Soviet Transition How do economic reforms affect resource reallocation processes and their contributions to productivity growth? This paper studies the consequences of enterprise privatization and liberalization of product markets, labor markets, and imports in the former Soviet Republics of Russia and Ukraine. Analyzing inter...