In response to recent discussions regarding the ability of hospitals to achieve gains in productivity, we present two methodologies that attempt to measure multifactor productivity (MFP) in the hospital sector. We analyze each method and conclude that the inconsistencies in their outcomes make it difficult to estimate a precise level of MFP that hospitals have historically achieved. Our goal in...

This paper documents the effects of the productivity revealing function of higher education, which is recently documented by Arcidiacono, Bayer and Hizmo (2010), on the subsequent careers of workers. Unlike the accumulation and signaling of human capital, the productivity revealing function of higher education yields simple and unambiguous predictions on the post-schooling productivity revealin...

An increasing number of MapReduce applications are written using high-level SQL-like abstractions on top of MapReduce engines. Such programs are translated into MapReduce workflows where the output of one job becomes the input of the next job in a workflow. A user must specify the number of reduce tasks for each MapReduce job in a workflow. The reduce task setting may have a significant impact ...

It is now evident in the literature that the information and communication technology (ICT) has a positive and significant impact on the productivity and economic growth. Most studies in this area, however, are limited to the developed countries. Given different regulations and economic conditions, and also an increasing trend in allocating resources to ICT in developing countries, it is import...

Abstract This paper investigates the contribution of high-growth firms (HGFs) to aggregate productivity growth, using Hungarian firm-level data. Three stylized facts emerge. First, output-based HGFs substantially outperform employment-based ones in terms their contribution: on average, sales-based contribute 5 times as much ones. Further, is negative 48-50% industry-years, compared 25-31% for H...