Sentences with phrase «as economic productivity»

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The paper correctly diagnoses the U.S. economic problem as a slowdown in the growth of productivity, which in turn limits growth in pay.

Instead, spending was targetted at areas considered «critical for productivity,» such as housing, research and development (R&D) and economic infrastructure.

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These recommendations were in fact cited by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in its 2016 annual Economic Survey of Canada.Naming a lack of productivity as a major impediment to future economic growth, the OECD called for Canada to pursue a platform of deregulation while also reducing interprovincial trade barriers and providing more incentives for small - and medium - sized companies to innovate andEconomic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in its 2016 annual Economic Survey of Canada.Naming a lack of productivity as a major impediment to future economic growth, the OECD called for Canada to pursue a platform of deregulation while also reducing interprovincial trade barriers and providing more incentives for small - and medium - sized companies to innovate andEconomic Survey of Canada.Naming a lack of productivity as a major impediment to future economic growth, the OECD called for Canada to pursue a platform of deregulation while also reducing interprovincial trade barriers and providing more incentives for small - and medium - sized companies to innovate andeconomic growth, the OECD called for Canada to pursue a platform of deregulation while also reducing interprovincial trade barriers and providing more incentives for small - and medium - sized companies to innovate and invest.

«It will be difficult for Dollar General to maintain current levels of productivity and profitability as some consumers will probably return to other retail channels once economic conditions improve,» wrote Zoe Tan, an analyst with Morningstar, at the time of the announcement.

«If you can move people from city to city at 1,200 (745 miles per hour) to 1,300 kilometers per hour, you have a system that can reshape society,» he explained, suggesting that as distances shrink, economic productivity could increase as traffic disappears.

The trend worries economists because new businesses play a vital role in creating jobs, improving productivity and spurring economic growth; some researchers believe the decline in entrepreneurship, and in other measures of economic dynamism such as labor mobility, could be part of the reason the U.S. has experienced such a slow bounceback from the past two recessions.

And the Council of Economic Advisers announced that policies such as work flexibility «lead to higher labor force participation, greater labor productivity and work engagement, and better allocation of talent across the economy.»

Capex — the money that a company invests in fixed, tangible assets such as machinery, buildings and technology — is a major component of productivity growth and economic expansion.

This implies a slowdown in reforms that increase the private sector's productivity and economic share, together with a greater economic role for state - owned enterprises (and for state - owned banks in the allocation of credit and savings), as well as resource nationalism, trade protectionism, import - substitution industrialisation policies, and imposition of capital controls.

The Auditor General in his latest report concluded that the Finance Department has no idea as to the effectiveness tax expenditures are distorting economic decisions, misallocating resources and reducing market efficiencies and productivity.

Most economists expect potential economic growth to decline from about 3 per cent annually to about 2 per cent over the next ten years, as a result of continued poor productivity growth and a slowing labour force growth as the population ages.

For instance, as the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives points out, Canadian manufacturing productivity still stubbornly trails U.S. levels, despite upbeat predictions at the outset that NAFTA - spurred economic integration would close the gap.

Economic theory states that as productivity increases at some point products will be in short...

Both valuations and consumer sentiment may be at high levels, but with stable real yields, rising productivity and «normalised» valuations, the equity outlook is not necessarily negative — as long as economic growth continues.

Even as economic and business conditions have improved over the years, many of these companies continue to be cautious about investing capital to improve productivity.

Jonathan has led numerous research efforts on global economic trends, including growth and productivity, urbanization, affordable housing, energy and sustainability, e-commerce, and the economic impact of the Internet, as well as on productivity growth and economic development in China and Asia.

The part that is left over — that is, the part of economic growth that can not be explained by the accumulation of capital and labour inputs — is what economists call multifactor productivity (MFP), an index that is widely interpreted as a measure of technical progress.

Thus far there is no evidence that this has a negative effect on economic productivity, at least as one reads the actual evidence.

Although, as Keynes predicted, productivity has risen, economic policy has obviously not reduced the need for work, or consumption.

As part of the economic solution, there should be a «productivity partnership fund» created for unions and businesses to make joint bids to support productivity gains.

With house prices soaring in these regions — but stagnating elsewhere, along with job creation and productivity — it should come as no surprise that the recovery taking hold is of «the wrong shape» — the only surprise is that pointing this out is seen as an act of coalition rebellion, not a warning to the country about the economic choices we face.

The smokestacks and blast furnaces of yesterday are gone now but the new business technologies and processes of today are ready to replace them as this site continues its return to productivity and economic vitality.»

The work undertaken by trade unions in raising the skills and ed - ucational achievements of the workforce, creating equality and diversity — which the CBI and the TUC agree increases productivity and profit — and looking beyond short - termism to create a genuinely sustainable economic vision is central to our economic recovery; as is a sense of cohesiveness that has nothing to do with the «Big Society» and everything to do with fairness, both in the workplace and outside it.

These groups fail to see that when we have structures that skew incentives against productivity, transparency, long term economic and social planning, excellence and logic, as we have in Nigeria today, then creating the right incentives will entail redesigning our governance structures and reprogramming ourselves.

«Our study suggests that the effect of human capital on economic growth is larger in high - quality - of - life counties — natural amenities such as clean air and temperate climate, could potentially attract human capital and perhaps increase labor productivity, thus boosting the effect of human capital on growth,» said Fan.

The remaining economic costs were a result of productivity losses, mostly from early death ($ 7.9 billion), as well as people leaving the workforce early ($ 0.5 billion), taking sick leave ($ 0.2 billion) and being less productive at work due to poor health ($ 0.07 billion).

This will not only account for a great deal of morbidity and mortality for Australia but will apply huge economic pressures to the health system as well as reducing productivity.

Research has shown that experiencing traumatic events such as abuse often leads to a significant long - term burden, adversely affecting one's health, quality of life and economic productivity in adulthood.

Being viewed as proficient or expert in activities other than food production — the ritual expert or shaman, for example — may buy someone status even when his economic productivity is waning, but only up to a point, Gurven continued.

In all three of the following studies that Iâ $ ™ m about to link, conducted by the National Academy of Sciences, Energy Watch Group and the United States Geological Survey, labor productivity is perceived as a strong marker of the economic recoverability of remaining coal reserves.

Bending the Cost Curve Inside Higher Ed, 1/27/15 «Online education can «bend the cost curve» of an undergraduate degree, according to a working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research, but whether the lower tuition is caused by a boost in productivity — as opposed to more competition — is still undetermined.

«Since student performance on international tests such as PISA is closely related to long - term economic productivity growth, increasing U.S. students» proficiency levels to those attained in Canada would increase our economic growth rate by some 50 percent.»

The conclusions of this emerging body of research are clear: education quality, as measured by test scores, is positively related to the earnings of individuals, national productivity, and economic growth.

In order to determine whether competitive pressures from private schools increase the productivity of the school system as a whole, West and Woessmann analyzed Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) data on the mathematical, scientific, and reading literacy of nearly 220,000 students in 29 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries.

Furthermore, research indicates that high - quality, evidence - based programs and policies that promote social and emotional skills among students can improve academic achievement as well as positive behavior, physical and mental wellbeing, college and career readiness, and economic productivity.

ASCD's latest Policy Points (PDF) examines the connection between student performance and economic measures such as productivity and gross domestic product (GDP) and finds that, despite unexceptional test scores, the United States remains an economic leader.

These are key issues in the short term, but, as every economist knows, long - run economic growth is determined mainly by improving productivity.

A slowdown in economic growth around the world, particularly in China, as well as a slowdown in productivity, lower population growth, aging baby boomers, higher taxes and lower government spending will lead to an increase in stock - market volatility.

The same sort phenomenon will play out in the developing world, where falling population and increasing economic performance (increasing efficiency, productivity) might mean per capita consumption stays about the same for a period of time, as they play catch up with the west.

Economic gains could be lost as productivity wanes and massive health bills come due.

Whereas, if left unaddressed, the consequences of a changing climate have the potential to adversely impact all Americans, hitting vulnerable populations hardest, harming productivity in key economic sectors such as construction, agriculture, and tourism, saddling future generations with costly economic and environmental burdens, and imposing additional costs on State and Federal budgets that will further add to the long - term fiscal challenges that we face as a Nation;

Increasing the cost of using energy by raising its cost will decrease its use and thus human welfare and economic productivity, which are strongly associated with an improved environment as humans turn to such issues as their basic needs are satisfied.

There is also ample scope for reforming tax systems to deal much more effectively with broader environmental and related problems that can be a significant drag on economic growth, such as the health and productivity impacts of poor air quality, and severe congestion of major urban centers.

They support strategic decision - making and encourage planning choices that enhance not just environmental health, but economic productivity and social welfare as well.

The Alliance to Save Energy advocates a bold but achievable goal of doubling energy productivity in the U.S. by 2030 (getting twice as much economic output from each unit of energy).

Further, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) defines land degradation as a reduction or loss in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid areas of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of rain - fed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest and woodlands resulting from land uses or from a process or combination of processes, including those arising from human activities and habitation patterns, such as: (i) soil erosion caused by wind and / or water; (ii) deterioration of the physical, chemical, and biological or economic properties of soil; and (iii) long - term loss of natural vegetation.

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification defines land degradation as a reduction or loss in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid areas, of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of rain - fed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest, and woodlands resulting from land uses or from a process or combination of processes, including processes arising from human activities and habitation patterns, such as (i) soil erosion caused by wind and / or water; (ii) deterioration of the physical, chemical and biological or economic properties of soil; and (iii) long - term loss of natural vegetation.

«The world can expect, however, a return of between $ 3 and $ 34 for every dollar spent on sanitation, realized through reduced poverty and health costs and higher productivity — an economic and humanitarian opportunity of historic proportions,» adds Dr. Adeel, who also serves as chair of UN-Water, a coordinating body for water - related work at 27 UN agencies and their many global partners.

Since a large body of evidence links pollution with poor health, and health is an important part of human capital, efforts to reduce pollution could plausibly be viewed as an investment in human capital and thus a tool for promoting economic growth... We find robust evidence that ozone levels well below federal air quality standards have a significant impact on productivity: a 10 ppb decrease in ozone concentrations increases worker productivity by 4.2 percent.