In recent years, the UK government skills policy has emphasised the role of workforceskills development as a key driver of economic success and improving productivityacross all sectors of the economy. The importance of skills (as a vehicle for enhancingproductivity performance) is highlighted...

Purpose of this research was to investigate utilization of labor productivity standards and variables that affect productivityin Texas school foodservice operations. A questionnaire was developed, validated, and pilot tested, then mailed to 200 randomly selected Texas school...

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Hoisting is one of the prevalent systems for ore transportation in underground mines. In feasibility studies and planning stage of underground mining projects, before selection of technical parameters for proper mine hoist, related economic parameters must be studied. In this paper, capital and...

This paper examines the issue of decoupling economic growth and pollution through growth driven by productivity improvements; and the extent to which pollution effects spill over national borders. Focus is widened from conventional production measures of pollution to a consumption accounting...

This book seeks to reveal to the reader the extent to which theconcept of productivity has been subject to abuse andmisunderstanding by different interest groups, provides a solidplatform for defining and calculating productivity in all differentindustries and situations and finally shows the...

iv, 27 leaves. Advisor: Phillip K. Duncan

Height has been used in a growing literature as a measure of net nutrition throughout the first 20 years of life. This paper builds on that literature by considering the influence that net nutrition has on a population’s labor productivity. Using data from Danish and Italian conscription...

This paper studies the implications of procyclical capital utilization rates for inference regarding cyclical movements in labor productivity and the degree of returns to scale. We organize our investigation around five questions that we study using a measure of capital services based on...