Sentences with phrase «low economic productivity»

The costs of these gaps (most commonly associated with low income, limited education, and minority group status) are reflected in higher school dropout rates, lower economic productivity, decreased social mobility, increased need for medical services, and higher rates of incarceration.

It leads to lower economic productivity and increasing economic marginalization.

Not exact matches

Economic growth in China has long been premised on high levels of savings and investment, growth of manufacturing and exports, migration of low - productivity rural workers to higher - productivity urban jobs and integration of new technologies.

This, in turn, reflects ongoing restraint in wages growth, despite the low unemployment rate, and productivity growth that is unusually strong for this stage of the economic cycle.

Some postulate that the neutral rate is in part a function of economic productivity and population growth and that the low interest rate structure evident today reflects the current low productivity level.

I am a bit doubtful about China's economic expansion strategy — labor productivity is generally very low in Laos and Cambodia and those countries that are not already even part of the Chinese - driven bubble economy.

But she said that in an economy already operating with unemployment at a 17 - year low of 4.1 percent, she hoped any economic acceleration would be accompanied by growth in the workforce or improved worker productivity.

Such gaps tend to narrow for a number of reasons, including higher marginal productivity on cheaper labor and land costs in lower - tier cities, better economic integration with government - led redistribution of infrastructure and public resources from regional hubs to small neighbor cities, and broader penetration of technology, including smartphones and the internet, according to the Morgan Stanley research.

During Reagan's term, the United States experienced higher economic growth, higher household income, greater productivity, increased tax revenues, reduced unemployment, lower interest rates, and lower inflation.

The report draws on government and trade statistics, academic evidence and economic theory to challenge arguments that the health and social benefits of reducing alcohol consumption are likely to come at a cost to the economy, finding: · Any reduction in employment and income resulting from lower spending on alcohol would be offset by spending on other goods · Econometric analysis of US states suggests that a 10 % decrease in alcohol consumption is associated with a 0.4 % increase in per capita income growth · Lower alcohol consumption could also reduce the economic costs of impaired workplace productivity, alcohol - related sickness, unemployment and premature death, which are estimated to cost the UK # 8 - 11 billion a year The analysis comes at a timely moment, with health groups urging the Chancellor to raise alcohol duty in next month's Bulower spending on alcohol would be offset by spending on other goods · Econometric analysis of US states suggests that a 10 % decrease in alcohol consumption is associated with a 0.4 % increase in per capita income growth · Lower alcohol consumption could also reduce the economic costs of impaired workplace productivity, alcohol - related sickness, unemployment and premature death, which are estimated to cost the UK # 8 - 11 billion a year The analysis comes at a timely moment, with health groups urging the Chancellor to raise alcohol duty in next month's BuLower alcohol consumption could also reduce the economic costs of impaired workplace productivity, alcohol - related sickness, unemployment and premature death, which are estimated to cost the UK # 8 - 11 billion a year The analysis comes at a timely moment, with health groups urging the Chancellor to raise alcohol duty in next month's Budget.

In my model, growth between +2 % and -2 % essentially produces the same negative economic and social consequences - rising poverty, unemployment and inequality, low productivity, weak infrastructure, low capital investments and social and political instability!

This is despite low productivity being the single biggest long term drag on Britain's economic performance.

And third, we all need to address Europe's overall low productivity and lack of economic dynamism, which remains its Achilles Heel.

«Previous work has largely focused on how climate change may affect economic activity by lowering the productivity of workers,» said co-author Kyle Meng, an assistant professor of environmental economics in UCSB's Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and the Department of Economics.

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.

Two of the authors of this report have shown elsewhere that countries with students who perform at higher levels in math and science show larger rates of increase in economic productivity than do otherwise similar countries with lower - performing students (see «Education and Economic Growth,» research, Sprineconomic productivity than do otherwise similar countries with lower - performing students (see «Education and Economic Growth,» research, SprinEconomic Growth,» research, Spring 2008).

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.

Barring policies to curb GHG emissions, scientists expect this problem to grow and eventually lead to climate change and its accompanying costs, including damage to economic activity from the destruction of capital (for example, along coastal areas) and lower agricultural productivity.

A revenue neutral carbon tax is either is either insufficient to cause substitution — thus pointless — or sufficient to cause a transition to carbon free energy thus leading to higher energy costs, lower productivity, greater economic marginalization and a collapse in revenue — thus no compensation.

Support accurate quantification of the avoided burden of disease, reduced health - care costs, and enhanced economic productivity associated with a low - carbon economy

Those without health insurance also create a negative economic impact in terms of reduced personal earnings, primarily because poor health translates to lower productivity and more time off work.

Economic slowdown in China; high unemployment in continental Europe; an ageing workforce in Germany and Japan; and the UK's low productivity.

A combination of the lowered productivity, higher health care and substance abuse treatment costs, missed work and more add up to an economic burden of $ 78.5 billion, according to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.

Long - term tobacco use following pregnancy also results in poorer maternal health, which an extensive body of research shows is intricately linked with economic trends, educational opportunities, and productivity.56 Women's lower wages, unemployment, and lost productivity resulting from these risk factors add up to high costs that home visiting can help alleviate.57 With 42 percent of mothers in the United States being breadwinners, home visiting programs are critically important to support not only their health but also their and their families» economic well - being.58

There is evidence that maltreated children are at greater risk for lifelong health and social problems, including mental illnesses, criminality, chronic diseases, disability1 and poorer quality of life.2 A history of child maltreatment is also associated with lower adult levels of economic well - being across a wide range of metrics, including higher levels of economic inactivity, lower occupational status, lower earnings and lower expected earnings.3 Existing research suggests a ripple effect caused by lower educational achievement, higher levels of truancy and expulsion reducing peak earning capacity by US$ 5000 a year4 or an average lifetime cost of US$ 210012 per person1 when considering productivity losses and costs from healthcare, child welfare, criminal justice and special education.

He attributed prolonged weak productivity and the low labor participation rate as the primary reasons why the current economic expansion is the slowest since World War II.