Indonesia

Indonesia
Author: Edimon Ginting
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2018-02-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9292610791

The book focuses on Indonesia's most pressing labor market challenges and associated policy options to achieve higher and more inclusive economic growth. The challenges consist of creating jobs for and the skills in a youthful and increasingly better educated workforce, and raising the productivity of less-educated workers to meet the demands of the digital age. The book deals with a range of interrelated topics---the changing supply and demand for labor in relation to the shift of workers out of agriculture; urbanization and the growth of megacities; raising the quality of schooling for new jobs in the digital economy; and labor market policies to improve both labor standards and productivity.

Productivity Measures for Selected Industries and Government Services

Productivity Measures for Selected Industries and Government Services
Author: DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 150
Release: 1994-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780788105838

Contains: labor productivity indexes (historical data showing the changes in output per employee hour and related series are provided for 177 industries); multifactor productivity measures that show the change in output per unit of combined labor, capital, and intermediate purchases; federal government productivity measures and state/local government measures. Most data from 1967-91. Extensive charts and tables.

International Differences in the Business Practices and Productivity of Firms

International Differences in the Business Practices and Productivity of Firms
Author: Richard B. Freeman
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2009-10-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0226261956

In recent years, globalization and the expansion of information technologies have reshaped managerial practices, forcing multinational firms to adjust business practices to different environments and domestic companies to adjust to their foreign competitors. In International Differences in the Business Practices and Productivity of Firms, a distinguished group of contributors examines the phenomenon of widespread differences in managerial practices across firms, establishments within firms, and countries. This volume brings together eight studies that combine qualitative and quantitative insider analysis of business practices such as the use of teams, incentive pay, lean manufacturing, and quality control, revealing the elements that determine which practices are adopted and why. International Differences in the Business Practices and Productivity of Firms offers a much-needed model for measuring the productivity and performance of international firms in a fast-paced global economy.

China’s Productivity Convergence and Growth Potential—A Stocktaking and Sectoral Approach

China’s Productivity Convergence and Growth Potential—A Stocktaking and Sectoral Approach
Author: Min Zhu
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2019-11-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1513515357

China’s growth potential has become a hotly debated topic as the economy has reached an income level susceptible to the “middle-income trap” and financial vulnerabilities are mounting after years of rapid credit expansion. However, the existing literature has largely focused on macro level aggregates, which are ill suited to understanding China’s significant structural transformation and its impact on economic growth. To fill the gap, this paper takes a deep dive into China’s convergence progress in 38 industrial sectors and 11 services sectors, examines past sectoral transitions, and predicts future shifts. We find that China’s productivity convergence remains at an early stage, with the industrial sector more advanced than services. Large variations exist among subsectors, with high-tech industrial sectors, in particular the ICT sector, lagging low-tech sectors. Going forward, ample room remains for further convergence, but the shrinking distance to the frontier, the structural shift from industry to services, and demographic changes will put sustained downward pressure on growth, which could slow to 5 percent by 2025 and 4 percent by 2030. Digitalization, SOE reform, and services sector opening up could be three major forces boosting future growth, while the risks of a financial crisis and a reversal in global integration in trade and technology could slow the pace of convergence.

Long-Term Factors in American Economic Growth

Long-Term Factors in American Economic Growth
Author: Stanley L. Engerman
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 900
Release: 1986-12-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780226209289

These classic studies of the history of economic change in 19th- and 20th-century United States, Canada, and British West Indies examine national product; capital stock and wealth; and fertility, health, and mortality. "A 'must have' in the library of the serious economic historian."—Samuel Bostaph, Southern Economic Journal

Measuring Capital in the New Economy

Measuring Capital in the New Economy
Author: Carol Corrado
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 602
Release: 2009-02-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0226116174

As the accelerated technological advances of the past two decades continue to reshape the United States' economy, intangible assets and high-technology investments are taking larger roles. These developments have raised a number of concerns, such as: how do we measure intangible assets? Are we accurately appraising newer, high-technology capital? The answers to these questions have broad implications for the assessment of the economy's growth over the long term, for the pace of technological advancement in the economy, and for estimates of the nation's wealth. In Measuring Capital in the New Economy, Carol Corrado, John Haltiwanger, Daniel Sichel, and a host of distinguished collaborators offer new approaches for measuring capital in an economy that is increasingly dominated by high-technology capital and intangible assets. As the contributors show, high-tech capital and intangible assets affect the economy in ways that are notoriously difficult to appraise. In this detailed and thorough analysis of the problem and its solutions, the contributors study the nature of these relationships and provide guidance as to what factors should be included in calculations of different types of capital for economists, policymakers, and the financial and accounting communities alike.