Analyzing your hospital's labor productivity.

The Sources of Labor Productivity Growth in the Frbsf Economic Letter

U.S. economy have been the subject of much study. Understanding these sources is important because labor productivity growth is the key to increasing our economic standard of living. For example, the difference between a productivity growth rate of 3% a year and one of 1.5% a year means the difference between doubling our standard of living in 23 years instead of 46 years! Theory suggests four ...

Benchmarking labor productivity: how is your OR being compared?

KM Approach for Improving the Labor Productivity of Vietnamese Enterprise

In knowledge society, knowledge management (KM) is considered the best strategy for improving the labor productivity of an enterprise. However, the effectiveness of KM on labor productivity is not known exactly, especially since it depends on the development level of a country. To find a solution based on KM approach for improving the labor productivity of Vietnamese enterprise, a new model is ...

Temperature , Wages , and Agricultural Labor Productivity ∗

Agricultural laborers frequently work for piece rate wages – where they are paid per unit of output rather than per unit of time – based on the assumption that these wages incentivize productivity. In this paper, I exploit quasi-experimental variation to estimate the elasticity of labor productivity with respect to piece rate wages by analyzing a high-frequency panel of over 2,000 blueberry pic...

How efficient are labor markets in sub-Saharan Africa?

Using a matched employer-employee data set of manufacturing plants in three sub-Saharan countries, I compare the marginal productivity of different categories of workers with the wages they earn. If labor markets are efficient, the wage premiums associated with worker characteristics should equal the productivity benefits they bring. I find that equality holds strongly for the most developed co...