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Yun, Lihong. "Labour productivity and international trade /." Örebro : Universitetsbiblioteket, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-190.

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PICCININI, LORENZO. "Three essays on labour productivity." Doctoral thesis, Università di Siena, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11365/1072651.

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My work consists in three papers in which I analyze different aspects regarding the effects of increased productivity of labour. I progressively increase the "range" of my analysis: I start considering a partial equilibrium framework, where a limited number of firms compete using innovation as a competitive threat; I then consider a general equilibrium setting in order to investigate the effects of increased productivity of labour over employment rate, wages and welfare spending; I finally consider a system dynamic approach to simulate the long-run effects over employment and other macroeconom

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Knowles, R. Paul Steven. "Predicting construction labour productivity using neural networks." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/mq22614.pdf.

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Mao, Hongwei. "Estimating labour productivity using fuzzy set theory." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0019/MQ47065.pdf.

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Talhouni, Bassam T. K. "Measurement and analysis of construction labour productivity." Thesis, University of Dundee, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.334262.

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An analytical approach for explaining the variability in labour intensive construction operations has been developed. A consistent method of collecting productivity developed jointly at the Pennsylvania State University and the University of Dundee has been refined and tested. Data has been collected daily from seven Scottish sites for continuous periods of up to 3 months. Not only productivity but many of the factors affecting it have been measured. A comprehensive, computerised database has been designed to facilitate data storage and manipulation. The quantification of the impact of each in

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Whitehead, Roy Charles. "Factors influencing labour productivity on construction sites." Thesis, University of Dundee, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.427996.

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Hintzmann, Colominas Carolina. "Empirical essays on labour productivity in EU manufacturing." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/315469.

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The main objective of the present thesis is to analyze the underperformance of labour productivity growth in manufacturing in EU member states and the existence of persistent differences among them in the last decades in comparison to behaviour of other advanced economies as United States. This objective can be decomposed into three sub-objectives. So first, we conduct a comparative analysis of differences in labour productivity growth in manufacturing and next, we try to find out if the differences in labour productivity are due to changes in the industrial structure, to labour productivi

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Brown, Conrad Andrew. "Critical success factors to improve direct labour productivity." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020101.

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An increase in the global competitiveness has forced manufacturing organisations to re-look their facility from a labour productivity standpoint. Leveraging a manufacturing operation into a competitive avantage must at all times support the organisation’s objective. It is therefore critical that the operation reviews its strategy so that it fulfils the ever changing needs in the market. Purpose – The main objective of this research is to identify the critical success factors to improve direct labour efficiency within Johnson Controls Automotive South Africa (Pty) Ltd (JCI). Design/methodology/

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Iordanoglou, Chrissafis. "Public ownership and labour productivity : a comparative study." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.299998.

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Tiwasing, Pattanapong. "Nutrition, labour productivity and food security in Thailand." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/3412.

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Many households in less developed countries suffer from food insecurity which is unreliable access to a sufficient quantity of nutritious food. It is a major cause of malnutrition, and may lead to reduced worker capacity and low productivity. This study examines the impact of nutrient intake on the productivity of rice-producing households in Thailand. There are three objectives: first, to analyse the relationship between nutrient intake and labour productivity; second, to examine factors affecting the nutrition-labour productivity relationship; and third, to study the links between nutrition,

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Lecat, Rémy. "Four essays on productivity, competition and labour relations." Paris, EHESS, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013EHES0070.

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Cette thèse porte sur le rôle des données individuelles d’entreprises pour expliquer la dynamique de la productivité à travers quatre chapitres : 1) Dans la plupart des estimations, la PGF est procyclique, avec des rendements d’échelle croissants à court terme. En prenant en compte l’utilisation des facteurs de production, et en particulier la durée d’utilisation des équipements, on estime des rendements d’échelle constants. 2) Les données individuelles permettent de mesure la convergence de la productivité entre entreprises, qui est une composante importante de la dynamique de la productivité

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Lim, Ewe Chye. "The analysis of productivity in building construction." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1996. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7150.

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Productivity has for many years been an issue for the construction industry in Singapore. The industry is deeply concerned that construction productivity is not only below that of the manufacturing sector, but is also below the national average. The industry has identified several factors that have impeded construction productivity, namely, a shortage of suitably trained, skilled supervisors and workers; a weakening local construction workforce; and a large, mostly unskilled and transient pool of foreign workers. The main objective of the research programme was to assist contractors improve th

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Gaber, Abubaker Abubaker. "Factors affecting maintenance labour productivity in the building industry." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2016. https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/e5cab306-fb48-430b-8f72-7f247ab242bf.

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The research explored ways for improving maintenance labour productivity and reducing maintenance costs. This can be achieved through reducing the number of maintenance activities and by improving the productivity of labour carrying out repair and maintenance tasks. The research established that Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) techniques, in particular, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) could be applied to building systems, in this case to the maintenance of Rainwater Goods to identify the most applicable and cost effective maintenance strat

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Hur, Chan Y. "Trade unions and productivity: the impact of union presence on labour productivity in Korean manufacturing." Thesis, Aston University, 1991. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/10879/.

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This thesis examines the theoretical and empirical relationship between trade unions and productivity in the Korean auto and cement manufacturing industries, during the 1980s. It challenges the tenets of the existing debate by stressing the contingent nature of this relationship. In particular this thesis pinpoints inadequacies of econometric analysis as the only method of judging this association between union presence and productivity, because this ignores national and historical industrial relations contexts. Moreover, the polarity between positive and negative views of trade union influenc

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Kilicaslan, Yilmaz. "Industrial Structure And Labour Markets: A Study On Productivity Growth." Phd thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12606206/index.pdf.

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This thesis aims to provide evidence on the relations between productivity, industrial structure, and labour markets for countries with different characteristics from 1965 to 1999. In order to do so, we first examine manufacturing industry production and trade with respect to both technology orientation and intensity, the impact of structural change on productivity growth, and the existence of convergence in industrial structures. Second, this study investigates the impact of labour market and industrial structures on aggregate productivity in manufacturing. While descriptive analysis of manuf

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Lema, Ninatubu Mbora. "Construction labour productivity analysis and benchmarking : the case of Tanzania." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1996. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7444.

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This research aimed at investigating strategies for construction performance improvement in Tanzania. The research established that the Total Quality Management (TQM) philosophy provides a feasible long term performance improvement strategy. Benchmarking was identified as a tool for initiating and sustaining the TQM programme. Labour productivity was selected as the key construction performance indicator. A framework for labour productivity benchmarking was developed, on the basis of current mean productivity (CMP) and target mean productivity (TMP). Construction labour productivity at macroec

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Some, Nibene Habib. "Modelling and estimating models of physician labour supply and productivity." Doctoral thesis, Université Laval, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/26894.

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Ma thèse s'intéresse aux politiques de santé conçues pour encourager l'offre de services de santé. L'accessibilité aux services de santé est un problème majeur qui mine le système de santé de la plupart des pays industrialisés. Au Québec, le temps médian d'attente entre une recommandation du médecin généraliste et un rendez-vous avec un médecin spécialiste était de 7,3 semaines en 2012, contre 2,9 semaines en 1993, et ceci malgré l'augmentation du nombre de médecins sur cette même période. Pour les décideurs politiques observant l'augmentation du temps d'attente pour des soins de santé, il est

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Meyer-Boehm, Gudrun, and n/a. "Economic and Labour Productivity Growth: A Regional Analysis of the States of Australia and the USA." Griffith University. School of Economics, 2003. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20040817.145856.

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One of the main underlying sources of economic growth is productivity. An economy can grow by either accumulation of its inputs, namely labour and capital, or improvements in productivity. The latter implies that more can be produced with the same amount of inputs, generating a greater amount of income that can be distributed among the economy's population. With rising per capita incomes, an economy can provide higher living standards and well-being. This thesis analyses variations in economic and productivity trends among the states of Australia and the USA. It investigates whether dispariti

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Meyer-Boehm, Gudrun. "Economic and Labour Productivity Growth: A Regional Analysis of the States of Australia and the USA." Thesis, Griffith University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365766.

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One of the main underlying sources of economic growth is productivity. An economy can grow by either accumulation of its inputs, namely labour and capital, or improvements in productivity. The latter implies that more can be produced with the same amount of inputs, generating a greater amount of income that can be distributed among the economy's population. With rising per capita incomes, an economy can provide higher living standards and well-being. This thesis analyses variations in economic and productivity trends among the states of Australia and the USA. It investigates whether dispariti

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Morrell, Peter. "Capital productivity and investment : their role in profitable airline operations." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2003. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/7885.

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The aim of the research was to develop and apply improved measures of capital productivity using published airline data, and to evaluate the role of capital investment and productivity in overall airline performance. As well as contributing to total factor productivity, capital productivity is a partial measure, and the investment upon which it is based should improve the productivity of other inputs to the production process, in particular labour and fuel. Productivity ratios require outputs and inputs to be combined and indexed. Index numbers have been developed using weights that are co

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Noor, Iqbal. "A study of the variability of labour productivity in building trades." Thesis, University of Dundee, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.359578.

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Al, Abdulkarim Maha Khalid. "Labour demand, firm survival & productivity in dual labour markets : the case of the Nitaqat policy in Saudi Arabia." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2018. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/labour-demand-firm-survival--productivity-in-dual-labour-markets(b8f48327-76d0-4c23-b882-d6caa7ee1898).html.

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The private sector in Saudi Arabia has the features of a dual labour market – it relies heavily on foreign labour, comprising around 90% of its employment, with regulated pay differences between nationals and foreigners. In 2011, the Saudi Ministry of Labor introduced the ‘Nitaqat’ program, which imposes an industry quota of national employment on private firms. The policy’s main aim is to raise the employment levels of nationals in the private sector. With strict sanctions imposed on non-compliant firms, the policy has a high compliance rate, but imposes significant costs on firms. Using a da

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Lindbom, Anton. "Regional Productivity and Import Accessibility : Investigating the effect of imported goods on labour productivity levels at the municipal level." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Economics, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-8164.

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<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>The purpose of this thesis is to estimate if imports of goods at the municipal level have an effect on labour productivity. The theoretical framework used in the thesis is based on the concept of accessibility, city growth in connection to imports, networks and nodes, clusters and economies of scale. Seven independent variables were chosen for the regression, three import accessibility variables to estimate if there is a connection between imports and productivity and Technology Gap, Population Density, Distance to Stockholm and Time. The regression model its

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Brunt, Liam. "New technology and labour productivity in English and French agriculture 1700-1850." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.324812.

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Chan, Paul W. "An interpretivistic approach to understand the factors that affect construction labour productivity." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/1108.

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Mitkova, Mariya Valeriy [Verfasser]. "Essays on Human Capital, Productivity and Labour Market Flows / Mariya Valeriy Mitkova." Bielefeld : Universitätsbibliothek Bielefeld, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1221718959/34.

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Mathura, Gonasagree Sindy. "Influences on productivity of construction projects with particular reference to core labour, unskilled labour and leadership style of managers." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/6851.

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Construction productivity is an interesting phenomenon which was an initial study into time and motion. However this remains a vital part of the construction industry today as it takes into consideration cost-savings, a precise timeous delivery of projects and the correct usage of materials. This phenomenon itself is a huge challenge to many companies in South Africa. The construction industry in South Africa is seen as a tool to alleviate the increasing unemployment and poverty levels. The ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has made statements to decrease the unemployment rate

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Jones, Patricia A. "Working it out in Africa : empirical essays on African wages, productivity, and skill formation." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.244480.

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Birnie, John Esmond. "Labour productivity levels in the Republic of Ireland : a comparison with the United Kingdom." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.241327.

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Jirasavetakul, La-Bhus. "Essays in labour economics : Thailand's labour market adjustment during the structural transformation process." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:73e151f9-f38a-45af-9cda-a4e759162b39.

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I examine the importance of human capital for economic development in Thailand during the period of high economic growth and structural transformation (1985-2000), using labour force survey data. The three main chapters attempt to estimate the effects of education, as a measure of human capital, on three major outcomes in the Thai labour market, namely (i) earnings; (ii) sector of employment; and (iii) earnings inequality. I address the endogeneity problem of education using an education policy shift—the change in the compulsory schooling law—that produces exogenous variation in education. The

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Carter, Hannah Elizabeth. "The productivity costs of premature mortality in Australia." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17129.

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Increasingly scarce resources within the health care setting have seen economic evaluations become critical tools in informing government funding decisions. While strong methodological principles exist for the measurement and valuation of health care costs, there has been less focus on estimating the productivity related costs of disease. This is despite evidence highlighting the strong impact that these costs have on economic outcomes. Where productivity costs have been estimated previously, limitations in both scope and methodology exist. The purpose of this thesis was to quantify the produ

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VITALI, BEATRICE. "The Productivity Slowdown Puzzle in European Countries." Doctoral thesis, Urbino, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11576/2648463.

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Garnero, Andrea. "Institutions and Heterogeneity in the Labour Market." Thesis, Paris, Ecole normale supérieure, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015ENSU0001/document.

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Dans la première partie, la thèse analyse l'effet de la législation relative à la protection de l'emploi sur les flux de travailleurs (embauches, licenciements, démissions, changements d'emploi) dans les pays de l'OCDE. Les résultats suggèrent qu'une régulation plus contraignante diminue le taux de réallocation au sein du même secteur et les transitions d'un emploi à un autre, en particulier vers des emplois permanents. En revanche, une régulation plus restrictive n'a pas d'effet significatif sur les séparations impliquant un changement de secteur ou une perte d'emploi. La possibilité de réint

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Imshenetska, Anna. "Occupational safety discipline importance." Thesis, Бердянський державний педагогічний університет, 2019. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/14721.

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The work deals with occupational safety and its importance for an employee. Labour protection is a normative discipline that is studied in order to form future specialists’ level of proficiency on legal and organizational issues in the sphere of occupational safety.<br>Робота стосується питань охорони праці та його значення для працівника. Охорона праці – це нормативна дисципліна, яка вивчається з метою формування рівня професійності майбутніх фахівців у галузі юридичних та організаційних питань у сфері охорони праці.<br>Работа посвящена вопросам охраны труда и ее значению для работника. Охран

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Campbell, Robert Wilfred. "Wages and labour productivity in Canada : across the provinces and over the ruralurban divide." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=29418.

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Regional economic disparities are a widely noted characteristic of the Canadian economy. This thesis examines regional disparities in terms of wages and labour productivity in the manufacturing sector. Regional disparities are analysed along three dimensions: provinces, rural/urban areas and industrial structure. Various competing theories are discussed and compared to the findings. Shift-share based decomposition analyses the magnitude and pattern of disparity and controls for industrial structure. Weighted regression is used to combine provincial and rural/urban effects. The findings support

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Small, Ian Christopher. "The theory and effect of the UK's supply-side policy on the labour market." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.294751.

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Lisi, Domenico. "Regulation and Performance in the Labour Market." Thesis, Università degli Studi di Catania, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/270.

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1. In recent years the availability of new industry-level data allowed to evaluate the impact of labour market policies more consistently than previous standard cross-country studies. In this paper an industry-level panel is exploited to evaluate the impact of less stringent Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) for temporary employment (TE) in EU countries. A reduced form model is estimated to identify the overall effect on labour productivity growth. The advantage of using industry-level data is fourfold. First, as in standard cross-country studies, the cross-country variation of EPL is st

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Schaefer, Daniel. "Essays on labour and development economics." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/31098.

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This thesis presents three essays, each seeking to deepen our understanding of labour markets. The first essay studies the response of real wages and hours of new hires to the business cycle during the UK’s Great Recession. The second essay analysis in how far the assumption of rational expectations in the Mortensen-Pissarides model is required for the economy to converge to an equilibrium. In particular, it asks if it is possible for economic agents to use simple linear forecast rules and still ensure convergence to the rational expectations equilibrium. The final essay seeks to determine whe

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Kriel, Jean-Jacques. "A process to assist technology investment decisions in construction - a case study on labour productivity." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85828.

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Thesis (MEng)-- Stellenbosch University, 2013.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Worldwide the civil construction industry is one of the biggest and most influential industries but has proven to be lacking in the development of technology-aided construction. In contrast, the automotive manufacturing industry is very reliant on the use of highly advanced technology. Literature showed that specific focus is being put on increased technology investments and development of infrastructure in South Africa in order to solve various problems in the country. In light of these realisations, the objective of this re

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Matos, Pedro Miguel Neves da Costa Pires de. "On the predictive ability of economic geography models : an analysis of labour productivity in Spain." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.609296.

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Sihlahla, Kyllikki Taina Niita Ndangi. "Perceptions on the impact of strikes on productivity at selected mines in the mining sector of Namibia." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2081.

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Thesis (MTech (Human Resource Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016.<br>The mining sector has been the backbone of the Namibian economy since Namibia attained its independence. However, the disruptive nature of the numerous strikes that are experienced in the mining sector has prompted this study that explores the perceptions held by different stakeholders on the impact of strikes on the productivity of three selected mines in Namibia. The selected mines are Langer Heinrich mine, Navachab Gold mine and Skorpion Zinc mine. Labour disputes in Namibia’s mining sector have a

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Sandrini, Luca. "Incentive for innovation: Competition, Innovator's Efficiency, and the Labour Market Conditions." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3424906.

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This doctoral research is an attempt to improve the understanding of why firms invest in innovative processes, why they adopt them, and how their choices impact on Social Welfare. More in detail, chapter 1 deals with the effect of downstream competition on innovation diffusion (licensing), the market power accumulation of the inventors, and the impact of innovation on Social Welfare. I show that competition affects both the size of the innovation (positively) and its diffusion among the producers (negatively). Also, the results of this chapter suggest that policy makers have reasons to be conc

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Gonçalves, Pedro Miguel Pinheiro. "Labour productivity and employment levels on sub-saharan Africa sectors : a structural change perspective (1990-2010)." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/16790.

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Mestrado em Desenvolvimento e Cooperação Internacional<br>Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo delinear padrões de mudança estrutural, para o período entre 1990-2010, na Africa Subsaariana. As alterações na estrutura que transfere a mão-de-obra entre sectores e na estrutura da contribuição setorial para o aumento da produtividade do trabalho são analisadas utilizando os dados do Groningen Growth and Development Centre 10-Sector Database, para sete economias da região, através da aplicação de métodos de decomposição. Os métodos de decomposição permitem um reconhecimento direto da magnitude que as c

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Lefoka, Mochelo Mackson. "An evaluation of the contextual factors that affect labour productivity in the South African Construction Industry." Master's thesis, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/11427/31686.

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Poor labour productivity is an endemic global problem in the construction industry. In the past two decades, it has been observed over the different sectors of the construction industry that the labour productivity expended on projects has reported a decline, particularly in the building and civil sectors. This research explores the variables that affect labour productivity on construction sites and whether the estimation practices used considers the various circumstances in which buildings and infrastructure are produced. Literature review aided in the identification of contextual factors cla

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Moravcová, Martina. "Does Foreign Direct Investment Affect Labour Productivity in the Automotive Industry? The Czech Republic Case Study." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-124962.

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The aim of this thesis is to show effects of foreign direct investment on labour productivity in Czech automotive sector in the period 2004-2009. The effects are measured through horizontal spillovers (technology transfer) representing the influence of foreign firm on Czech automotive sector and through Herfindahl index representing market concentration in the automotive sector. Based on models used in this thesis I have found out that between labour productivity and technology transfer of foreign firms in the automotive sector is not significant relationship, but labour productivity is positi

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Al-Khawaldeh, Khleef A., University of Western Sydney, College of Law and Business, and School of Management. "Total quality management and productivity in industrial corporations in Jordan." THESIS_CLAB_MAN_AlKhawaldeh_K.xml, 2001. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/409.

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The purpose of this analytical study is to determine the degree of application of Total Quality Management (TQM) philosophy and practices in the industrial corporations in Jordan. Through detailed examination of primary and secondary empirical data from these corporations, the study examines the link between TQM and labour productivity. The population of the study consists of all Jordanian shareholding corporations listed under the industrial category in Amman Stock Exchange. In late 1998, this consisted of a total of 90 companies. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected and anal

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Gilgen, Denise. "The effects of iron deficiency anaemia and intestinal infections on labour productivity of adult female tea pluckers." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.418103.

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Aredal, Mikael, and Claudio Cianciotta. "Robotization as a driver of increased labour productivity and economic convergence or divergence in the European Union." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-264226.

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During the years 2004-2014, the manufacturing sector within the EU countries witnessed an increase in the utilization of industrial robots, where robot density per worker approximately doubled. Considering that this is a rather recent event, studies investigating how much industrial robots impact labour productivity are still rare. At the same time, one of EU’s outspoken goals is that of working to foster productivity and economic convergence between the member states. Given the above premises, we have investigated the relation between the adoption rate of industrial robotics within the EU and

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Braun, Sebastian Till. "International trade and labour markets." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/16079.

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Die vorliegende Dissertation besteht aus vier Aufsätzen, die sich mit Fragen des Außenhandels und der Arbeitsmarktökonomie auseinandersetzen. Der erste Aufsatz untersucht in einem internationalen Oligopol die Interaktion zwischen Handelsliberalisierung, Produkt- und Prozessinnovationen und der relativen Nachfrage nach niedrig qualifizierten Arbeitnehmern. Der Abbau von Handelsschranken führt zu einer Verschärfung des Wettbewerbs, auf die die konkurrierenden Firmen reagieren, indem sie ihre Investitionen in Produkt- und Prozessinnovationen ausweiten. Infolgedessen sinkt die Nachfrage nach niedr

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Al-Khawaldeh, Khleef A. "Total quality management and productivity in industrial corporations in Jordan." Thesis, View thesis View thesis, 2001. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/409.

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The purpose of this analytical study is to determine the degree of application of Total Quality Management (TQM) philosophy and practices in the industrial corporations in Jordan. Through detailed examination of primary and secondary empirical data from these corporations, the study examines the link between TQM and labour productivity. The population of the study consists of all Jordanian shareholding corporations listed under the industrial category in Amman Stock Exchange. In late 1998, this consisted of a total of 90 companies. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected and anal

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