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The Shimer puzzle and the identification of productivity shocks [PDF]

Shimer (2005) argues that the Mortensen-Pissarides (MP) model of unemployment lacks an amplification mechanism because it generates less than 10 percent of the observed business cycle fluctuations in unemployment given labor productivity shocks of ...
Regis Barnichon
core  

Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Threshold Effect of Aging Labor Force and Public Health Expenditures on Labor Force Productivity in MENA Countries [PDF]

برنامه‌ریزی و بودجه
Nowadays, improving productivity, as the most important factor affecting economic growth, has become one of the basic concerns of policymakers. Considering the importance of productivity on the one hand, and the important role of the age composition of ...
Seyed Kamal Sadrghi, Ali Talib Hussein Al-Saadi   +1 more
doaj  

Health Burdens and Labor Productivity in Africa's Middle- and Low-Income Economies: Implication for the COVID-19 Pandemic. [PDF]

J Knowl Econ, 2022
Mobosi IA, Okonta PO, Nwan Kwo CE.
europepmc   +1 more source

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Spatial Effect of Air Pollution Governance on Labor Productivity: Evidence from 262 Chinese Cities. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
Ren F, Zhu Y, Le D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Labor Mobility and Productivity Growth [PDF]

Growth models of learning-by-doing assume that knowledge learned in produc- tion gets freely and instantly spread to the whole economy. As a result, the econ- omy exhibits aggregate increasing returns and the total factor productivity (TFP) growth is ...
Fernando Sanchez-Losada, Montserrat Vilalta-Bufi, Xavier Raurich   +2 more
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Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of employee compensation restrictions on labor productivity in state-owned enterprises: Evidence from China. [PDF]

Front Psychol, 2022
Zhu B, Ma Z, Qu X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source