This study represents a new way of looking at health, by investigating the effect of aggregate cancer incidence rates on labour productivity, using a macroeconomic methodology. The health of the labour force is a key determinant of labour productivity, with poor health comes both physical and...

This paper (i) derives a number of properties of a newly specified multi-input-single-output (MISO) production function with a derived error term, and (ii) using iteratively rescaled generalized least squares, presents estimates of the cross-sectionally varying coefficients of a...

This study used panel data in analyzing the effects of the cost of machines, tools and equiptments; labor costs; quantity of fertilizer; cost of seeds/planting materials; cost of crop protection products; and irrigation fees on the yield per hectare of rice. Panel data were utilized using...

For more than half of humanity, rice is life. It is the grain that has shaped the cultures, diets, and economies of billions of people in Asia. Rice is so integral to Asian life that despite the differences in history, customs, and culture throughout Asia, the central role of rice is the one...

The firms’ performance assessment for regulation requires estimating profit change and its drivers. This study estimates and decomposes profit changes into components such as output and input price changes, output growth, and markups. Using the stochastic frontier analysis, we compute the...