Gender and Productivity Differentials in Smallholder Groundnut Farming in Malawi: Accounting for Technology Differences

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Eric S. Owusu ◽  
Boris E. Bravo-Ureta
Keyword(s):  
Productivity Differentials

Global Imbalances, Productivity Differentials, and Financial Integration

2009 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 655-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suparna Chakraborty ◽  
Robert Dekle
Keyword(s):  
Financial Integration ◽  
Global Imbalances ◽  
Productivity Differentials

Infrastructure, Accessibility and Growth in Tuscany: A Macroeconomic Impact Evaluation

2010 ◽  
pp. 75-100
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Francesco Gori ◽  
Patrizia Lattarulo ◽  
Renato Panicciŕ
Keyword(s):  
Economic Impact ◽  
Regional Growth ◽  
Agglomeration Economies ◽  
Regional Mobility ◽  
Macroeconomic Impact ◽  
Productivity Differentials ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Cost Of Transportation

The purpose of the paper is to assess the impact of the Regional Mobility and Logistic Plan (RMLP) of Tuscany on regional growth and spatial disparities between the Tuscan provinces. In order to evaluate its economic impact, we first quantify the impact in terms of changes in travel time and variations in the cost of transportation per unit of delivered output. We then make use of the Remi-Irpet model. The latter explains the agglomeration economies and productivity differentials. We find that, despite the fact that the RMLP does not solve the structural problem of mobility within Tuscany, it does make it possible to get rid of some potential constraints for long-term regional growth, even if the economic impact across the provinces is disequalizing.

scholarly journals Does wage reflect labor productivity? A comparison between Brazil and the United States

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 629-649 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEXANDRE GORI MAIA ◽  
ARTHUR SAKAMOTO
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Wage Differentials ◽  
The United States ◽  
Occupational Groups ◽  
Economic Cycles ◽  
Productivity Differentials ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The U.S

ABSTRACT The study compares the relationship between wages and labor productivity for different categories of workers in Brazil and in the U.S. Analyses highlight to what extent the equilibrium between wages and productivity is related to the degree of economic development. Wages in the U.S. has shown to be more attached to labor productivity, while Brazil has experienced several economic cycles were average earnings grew initially much faster than labor productivity, suddenly falling down in the subsequent years. Analyses also stress how wage differentials, in fact, match productivity differentials for certain occupational groups, while for others they do not.

Wage-differentials and Their Determinants Across Industries in the Organized Manufacturing Sector of India

2020 ◽  
pp. 097215092091256
Author(s):  
Chandrima Ganguly ◽  
Joydeb Sasmal
Keyword(s):  
Wage Differentials ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Wage Bargaining ◽  
Wage Determination ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Total Employment ◽  
Annual Survey ◽  
Productivity Differentials ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
Using Data

This article calculates the magnitude of wage differentials across industries in the organized manufacturing sector of India and identifies the major determinants of wage differentiation among the industries. Using data from Annual Survey of Industries in India for the period from 2000–2001 to 2015–2016, this study shows that mean wage is less in labour-intensive industries compared to the capital-intensive industries. The results of panel regression of annual average wage on various industry-specific factors show that productivity of labour is the most important factor in wage determination, and productivity largely depends on capital–labour ratio. The other significant factors in this regard are farm size, amount of profit and proportion of casual and female workers in total employment. Important policy implication of this study is that regulatory wage fixation and wage bargaining outcomes are not as significant as productivity differentials in explaining wage gaps across industries.

scholarly journals The rise of the “service economy” in the second half of the twentieth century and its energetic contingencies

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-246
Author(s):  
Ulrich Witt ◽  
Christian Gross
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Service Economy ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Productivity Differentials ◽  
Production Technologies ◽  
Energy Dependent ◽  
Productivity Gains

AbstractThe characteristic of the “service economy” is the rise to dominance of the service sector in terms of employment and value added shares. We track this rise during the second half of the twentieth century for the U.S., more precisely the period from 1970 to 2005. Following seminal work by Baumol (1967) the rise is often attributed to growing productivity differentials between the economic sectors. The causes of the productivity differentials are, however, controversial. Inspired by Georgescu-Roegen’s (1971) evolutionary approach to production theory, the present paper explores whether differences in the energetic features of the sectors’ production technologies contribute to the growing sectorial productivity differentials. For the data for our period of analysis it turns out that a close relationship indeed exists between the sectors’ incentives for substituting relatively cheap energy for ever more expensive labor and their labor productivity gains. In highly energy-dependent sectors an increasing energy/labor ratio has been driving productivity growth while this was not the case in the service sector. The paper closes with a short discussion of what the finding may imply for the future of the service economy.

scholarly journals Do operations in SEZs improve a firm’s productivity? Evidence from Poland

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 256-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarosław Michał Nazarczuk
Keyword(s):  
Firm Heterogeneity ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Special Economic Zones ◽  
Matched Sample ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Productivity Differentials ◽  
Polish Economy ◽  
Economic Zones ◽  
Unique Dataset

Special economic zones (SEZs) play a significant role in global, national and regional trade flows. Given the insufficient number of empirical contributions regarding firm-level consequences of operation in SEZs, an analysis in which implications for firms’ standings is undertaken. With the use of different estimation approaches, applied to a unique dataset comprising 155 SEZs firms and 155 non-SEZs firms (matched sample) obtained from various sources, the author investigates if SEZs firms obtain a competitive advantage through higher productivity compared to non-SEZs firms. The results prove that SEZ firms differ in this regard. However, the sign of its contribution is conditioned by the type of productivity analysed. Keywords: Special economic zones; SEZ; polish economy; productivity differentials; firm heterogeneity.

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