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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Marginal Productivity"”.
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A marginal productivity study of farms in selected western pilot areas in Ireland 1966-1968
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Agricultural Economics, 1971
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Productivity variation and group optimization
Uncertain productivity exists in many empirical settings, settings that are often characterized by nonlinear relationships. This interaction between nonlinear relationships and uncertainty provides an abundance of opportunities to apply Jensen's inequality and the concepts surrounding it. Past …
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Rural Labor Productivity on Small Farms in the State of Rio Grande Do Sul - Brazil
… and use of rural credit, agricultural labor marginal productivity and effects of agricultural labor migration to urban areas in microregion 325 in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The study is related to the agricultural year of 1978/1979 and data was collected in the municipio of …
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Optimal allocation of Coast Guard district recruiting funds.
… districts. An attempt is made to determine the marginal productivity of input factors, advertising, recruiting travel, and give away items. Financial data for the five districts reviewed is compared with the results of a questionnaire completed by 459 recruits, who v/ere enlisted from the …
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Infrastructure, institutions and economic growth : a time-series study of the South African economy
… positive effect that operates largely via the marginal productivity of private capital. We extend this literature by investigating the relationship between infrastructure, output and institutional quality: protection of property rights, political fractionation and political and economic risk. …
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Determinants of Educational Expenditures and Outcomes: Analyses Using School Campus -Level Data
… varies inversely with family income. Thus, the marginal productivity of an additional dollar of spending is higher in schools attended predominantly by poor pupils. In addition, many of the pupil, family and neighborhood characteristics are statistically significant determinants of educational …
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Optimal investment in an oil-based economy. Theoretical and Empirical Study of a Ramsey-Type Model for Libya.
… during the period of study, with a very low marginal productivity of capital whereas marginal productivity was higher in both non-oil industry and services. Finally, the study investigates also the future potential saving and investment rates and concludes that the economy, which has already …
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Resource productivity on test demonstration farms in Southwest Virginia
This study presents estimates of the marginal productivity of the different classes of resources on Extension T. V. A. test demonstration farms in Southwest Virginia. The data were taken from 106 farm records kept by Unit Test Demonstrators in Southwest Virginia during 1951. The records were …
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Investment and human capital externalities: knowledge spillovers
… associated with the individual to provide a productivity differential. However, more often, this concept is reduced to education and experience of individuals. Much of the research begins with the assumption that there are human capital externalities and that these effects is positive. But, …
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An analysis of capital flight : the case of Hong Kong
… Second, the expectation of a fall in the marginal productivity of capital and the effects on optimal capital accumulation. The presence of a transition period before the shock occurs and the uncertainty of the timing of the shock are two significant features. The results of these models …
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An analysis of capital flight : the case of Hong Kong
… Second, the expectation of a fall in the marginal productivity of capital and the effects on optimal capital accumulation. The presence of a transition period before the shock occurs and the uncertainty of the timing of the shock are two significant features. The results of these models …
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Does income distribution affect innovation?
… level of innovation output. As for innovation productivity, income level is significant for both developed and developed countries, while income distribution and population density affect only developing countries. The size of economic activity is not a significant determinant of innovation …
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Essays on Rural-Urban Migration in China
… cost of schooling is approximated by the marginal productivity of children imputed from family production estimation, which controls for potential endogeneity in the time allocation decisions of family members. The empirical results show that temporary migration of parents raises their …
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Labor productivity, remittance use, and the impact of the poverty alleviation fund program in Nepal
… presents three studies related to labor productivity, remittances use, and the effect of an anti-poverty program on migration and remittances. Labor is the biggest endowment available to the poor. Understanding labor issues is important in addressing the problems of poverty, inequality, …
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Three essays in the economics of information technology
… firm that a top manager controls and thus her marginal productivity. In turn, in an efficient market, the firms with a higher degree of information technology will reward their CEOs with a higher compensation. The third chapter is to examine whether firms that emphasize decision making based on …
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Essays in Macroeconomics and Climate Change Mitigation
… is further away from the steady-state, the marginal productivity of investment is higher in the short-run, leading to higher multipliers relative to investment in non-green public capital.
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Essays in macroeconomics and unemployment
… features such as wage rigidity and diminishing marginal productivity of labor that could lead to job rationing make the model do a better job of fitting the data than the fully flexible wages model. In the United States, there is substantial heterogeneity in labor market outcomes across …
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Quantifying Crop Yield, Bioenergy Production And Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Cropland And Marginal Land Using A Model-Data Fusion Approach
… in the maize ecosystem. To maintain high biomass productivity, the maize ecosystem emits much more greenhouse gases, including CO<sub>2</sub> and N<sub>2</sub>O, than switchgrass and <em>Miscanthus</em> cosystems, when high-rate nitrogen fertilizers are applied. For maize, the global warming …
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