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Do Cows Have Negative Returns? The Evidence Revisited

Gehrke, Esther - 2014

This paper addresses the apparent paradox between widespread support of cattle farming by agricultural policy interventions and negative returns to cattle as stressed in recent works. Using a representative panel dataset for Andhra Pradesh, a state in the south of India, we examine average and...

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Skilled Immigrants' Contribution to Productive Efficiency

Nahm, Daehoon - 2014

This paper studies whether skilled migrants contribute to the host country's 'productive efficiency' (Farrell, 1957) using input-output and immigration sectoral data for seven industries in twelve countries during the period 1999-2001. We find that skilled migrants contribute positively to a...

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Measurement of Environmentally Sensitive Productivity Growth in Korean Industries

Chung, Yeimin - 2013

efficient technology and profitability obtain a higher productivity growth rate in comparison with their low energy efficient …

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Labor Productivity in Rural African Enterprises : Empirical Evidence from the LSMS-ISA

Nagler, Paula - 2014

Although non-farm enterprises are ubiquitous in rural Sub-Saharan Africa, little is yet known about their productivity. In this paper we contribute to filling this gap by providing estimates of labor productivity in enterprises for Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda. Using the World Bank's...

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Non-Linear Incentives, Worker Productivity, and Firm Profits : Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment

Freeman, Richard B.; Huang, Wei; Li, Teng - 2021

Using administrative data from a major Chinese insurance firm that raised its sales targets and rewards for insurance agents in a highly non-linear incentive system, we find that the improvement in productivity far outweighed the costs associated with bunching distortions and other gaming...

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Say Pays! Shareholder Voice and Firm Performance

Cuñat, Vicente - 2014

: profitability and labor productivity increase, while overheads and investment fall. In contrast, we find limited effects on pay …

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Analyzing Cost Efficient Production Behavior Under Economies of Scope : A Nonparametric Methodology

Cherchye, L. - 2006

In designing a production model for firms that generate multiple outputs, we take as a starting point that such multi-output production refers to economies of scope, which in turn originate from joint input use and input externalities. We provide a nonparametric characterization of cost...

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A Comparison of Panel Data Models in Estimating Technical Efficiency

Rashidghalam, Masoomeh - 2016

The purpose of this paper is two-fold. First, it compares the performance of various panel data models in estimating technical efficiency in production. Second, it applies various stochastic frontier panel data models to estimate the technical efficiency of Iran's cotton production and to...

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Age and Gender Composition of the Workforce, Productivity and Profits : Evidence from a New Type of Data for German Enterprises

Pfeifer, Christian - 2012

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from …' profitability, which is consistent with deferred compensation considerations. Moreover, our analysis reveals for the first time that … with a lower level of profitability in these firms. If anything, profitability is (slightly) higher in firms with a larger …

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Opening the Black Box : Task and Skill Mix and Productivity Dispersion

Blackwood, G.Jacob; Cunningham, Cindy; Dey, Matthew S.; … - 2022

An important gap in most empirical studies of establishment-level productivity is the limited information about workers' characteristics and their tasks. Skill-adjusted labor input measures have been shown to be important for aggregate productivity measurement. Moreover, the theoretical...

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