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An Analysis of Hospital Efficiency and Productivity Growth Using the Luenberger Productivity Indicator
Barros, Carlos Pestana; Menezes, António Gomes de; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We analyze the efficiency and productivity growth of a representative sample of Portuguese hospitals from 1997 to 2004 … productivity indicator that is decomposed into the usual constituents of productivity growth: technological change and efficiency …, using an innovative approach by employing the directional distance function and the Luenberger productivity indicator. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233852
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Impact of Reforms on Plant-Level Productivity and Technical Efficiency: Evidence from the Indian Manufacturing Sector
Bhaumik, Sumon K.; Kumbhakar, Subal C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
while there was an increase in the productivity of factor inputs during the 1990s, most of the growth in value added is … explained by growth in the use of factor inputs. We also find that median technical efficiency declined in all but one of the … industries between the two years, and change in technical efficiency explains a very small proportion in the change in gross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700947
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Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development: Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?
Sabirianova Peter, Klara; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Economic development implies that the efficiency of firms in developing countries is approaching that of firms in … privatization, competition and foreign investment. We also test hypotheses positing that only firms near the efficiency frontier … find that privatization to domestic owners did not markedly improve the efficiency of firms; domestic firms are not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703404
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Can the UAE Avoid the Oil Curse by Economic Diversification?
Haouas, Ilham; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
factor productivity, GDP volatility, negative returns on investment, and a labor force that is too reliant on government …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884109
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An Experimental Study of Two-Actor Accidents
Kornhauser, Lewis A.; Schotter, Andrew - C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of … - 1991
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826717
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High Relocation Costs in Search-Matching Models: Theory and Application to Spatial Mismatch
Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We develop a standard search-matching model in which mobility costs are so high that it is too costly for workers to relocate when a change in their employment status occurs. We show that, in equilibrium, wages increase with distance to jobs and commuting costs because firms need to compensate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822330
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Efficiency in a Search and Matching Model with Endogenous Participation
Albrecht, James; Navarro, Lucas; Vroman, Susan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
to market productivity, satisfying the Hosios rule leads to excessive vacancy creation. The reason is that the marginal … worker does not internalize the effect of his or her participation on average productivity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822510
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Efficiency in a Matching Model with Heterogeneous Agents: Too Many Good or Bad Jobs?
Blázquez, Maite; Jansen, Marcel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
This paper analyses the efficiency of the equilibrium allocation in a matching model with two types of workers and jobs … production technologies. Finally, in an extension we derive a tax scheme that restores efficiency and we show how workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822529
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Reported Progress under the Student Right-to-Know Act: How Reliable Is It?
Stratton, Leslie S.; Wetzel, James N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
The Student Right-to-Know Act requires colleges to provide institution-specific information on graduation rates for students initially enrolling full-time in the fall term. Not all students, however, initially enroll full-time or in the fall term. We use longitudinal data on academic,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822562
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Do Market Pressures Induce Economic Efficiency: The Case of Slovenian Manufacturing, 1994-2001
Orazem, Peter F.; Vodopivec, Milan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
longitudinal data set on all manufacturing firms in Slovenia over the period 1994-2001, this study analyzes how firm efficiency … of atypically rapid growth of total factor productivity (TFP) relative to levels in OECD countries, and that the rise in … firm efficiency occurs across almost all industries and firm types: large or small; state or private; domestic or foreign …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822655