In this paper, a comparative analysis of growth in total factor productivity (TFP) in the formal and informal segments of Indian manufacturing industries is undertaken, along with an analysis of differences in the level of TFP between these two segments of Indian manufacturing. The period covered for the analysis of TFP growth is 1980-81 to 2011-12, which is broken into three-sub-periods, 1980-...

In the literature two approaches of productivity analyses can be found, namely the neoclassical approach and the frontier approach. Neoclassical analysis weights inputs by value shares, a procedure that requires data on factor input shares or prices. This approach imputes productivity growth to factors, but cannot distinguish a movement towards the efficiency frontier and a movement of the latt...

according to the ahlowalia hypothesis (1995), the growth of total factor productivity (tfp) beside infrastructure investments of government lead to income inequality decrease in rural areas of countries. the main objective of this study is to investigate the effects of public investments such as agricultural r&e, road, education and irrigation on income inequality in rural areas of iran. in...

unsustainable harvesting of agricultural water resources in the province of kerman, has caused an annual average of one-meter drop in ground water levels. surface irrigation methods in pistachio trees have low efficiency because of inherent characteristics and its incorrect application, as well as low access to water resource in pistachio regions. therefore under the current critical condition,...

background hospitals are highly resource-dependent settings, which spend a large proportion of healthcare financial resources. the analysis of hospital efficiency can provide insight into how scarce resources are used to create health values. this study examines the technical efficiency (te) of 12 teaching hospitals affiliated with tehran university of medical sciences (tums) between 1999 and 2...

In this paper we present a model of economic growth with endogenous technical progress. We test if the neoclassical accepts assumption that capital intensity affects Total Factor Productivity (TFP) in long run. Our view takes inspiration from Kaldor's 1957 which Technical Progress Function (TPF) responds to joint behavior and inventiveness. find “movements along production function cannot be di...

  Background: Genital injuries are important because of their association with injuries to major organs and vasculature of pelvis. Both degolving of genitalia skin and amputation of penile glans and testis are rare conditions. Although genital injury is rarely life threatening, it can result in serious sexual, psychological and physiological consequences. This study aimed to introduce few ...

in the present study an attempt has been made to use a non-parametric method data envelopment analysis (dea) for assessing source-wise and operation-wise the technical efficiency (te) and return-to-scale (rts) for paddy production in four zones of the state of punjab, india. the results were then compared to corresponding ones already obtained from a parametric method (cobb-douglas production f...

We begin the development of a theory of total factor productivity (TFP) by presenting a multi-sector model of general purpose technology (GPT) driven growth, which generates numerical data via simulation and confirm the theoretical predictions of Carlaw and Lipsey (2003) and Lispey and Carlaw (2004) that TFP is not a contemporaneous measure of technological change. The modeling framework enable...

the aim of this study is to investigate the share of total factor productivity growth (tfpg), labor force growth and physical capital growth on the value added growth of non-oil sector by applying the cob-douglass production function during the third, fourth and fifth development plans before the islamic revolution of iran (1342-1356), and during the first, second, third and forth economic, soc...