Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons™

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Productivity

Discipline
Institution
Publication Year
Publication
Publication Type
File Type

Articles 301 - 306 of 306

Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Changes In R&D Expenditure And Productivity Growth: A Causal Analysis, Mawdudur Rahman, Abdur Chowdhury Apr 1988

Changes In R&D Expenditure And Productivity Growth: A Causal Analysis, Mawdudur Rahman, Abdur Chowdhury

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

A study was conducted to directly test the presence of causal relationship between changes in research and development (R&D) expenditure and productivity growth. Granger causality tests are performed using annual time series data for the period 1956-1983. Three measures of productivity are used -- National Income, National Income per person employed, and National Income per hour of work in the nonresidential business sector. Results show that changes in R&D expenditure affect the growth rate of the 3 productivity measures with different degrees of intensity. National Income per hour of work shows the highest growth rate, with the peak effect occurring …

Go to article

Are Cyclical Fluctuations In Productivity Due More To Supply Shocks Or Demand Shocks?, Matthew D. Shapiro Feb 1987

Are Cyclical Fluctuations In Productivity Due More To Supply Shocks Or Demand Shocks?, Matthew D. Shapiro

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Measured productivity is strongly procyclical. Real business cycle theories suggest that actual fluctuations in productivity are the source of fluctuations in aggregate output. Keynesian theories maintain that fluctuations in aggregate output come from shocks to aggregate demand. Keynesian theories appeal to labor hoarding or off the production function behavior to explain the procyclicality of productivity. If observed productivity shocks are true productivity shocks, a function of factor prices should covary exactly with productivity. In annual data for United States industries, that function of factor prices and conventionally-measured productivity move together very closely. Moreover, their difference is uncorrelated with aggregate output.

Go to article

Productivity And Farm Animal Welfare, Michael W. Fox Jan 1981

Productivity And Farm Animal Welfare, Michael W. Fox

Agribusiness Collection

In the search for and debate over objective indices of farm animal welfare, productivity is regarded by many animal scientists and others in the livestock industry as the most reliable measure of an animal's overall well-being and adaptability. On the surface, this would seem to be so, as productivity--in terms of growth rate, milk yield, feed-conversion and egg production--can be easily quantified. However, there are serious flaws in this assumption.

Go to article

Is Native Range The Best? Some Pasture Mangement Alternatives, Richard Shane Aug 1979

Is Native Range The Best? Some Pasture Mangement Alternatives, Richard Shane

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Technical Bulletins: Improving Productivity In The Smaller City, Mtas Jun 1976

Technical Bulletins: Improving Productivity In The Smaller City, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Because of the growing interest in productivity improvement (getting the most for your money), MTAS District Consultant E. W. Meisenhelder developed a basic checklist for officials in cities under 10,000 population to use as a starting point in evaluating their own operations. It is divided among the four general subjects of finance, public works, public safety, and general administration.

Go to article

Motivation And The Poor Worker, Charles Barry Pfitzner Apr 1972

Motivation And The Poor Worker, Charles Barry Pfitzner

Economics Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

Go to article

First Prev