Sentences with phrase «term economic productivity»

«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.»

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Raise interest rates in the U.S. and you could kill the recovery and exacerbate the problem of long - term unemployment, with lasting effects of labour productivity, economic growth and, yes, even government revenues.

For instance, it can be reasonably assumed that investment would stall, which would hit productivity and subsequently wages, jobs, living standards and long - term economic growth.

As it happens, last month the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development reported that «Canada's key long - term challenge is to boost productivity growth» — so chalk that up as a win for the provocative Rubin as well.

The budget does not even provide a projection of Canada's long - term potential economic growth and the key determinants underlying it - productivity growth and labour force growth.

The efficiency of a city or enterprise should not be measured simply in terms of its economic productivity, but also, and more importantly, in terms of its ability to contribute to the satisfaction of basic human needs of those affected by the city or enterprise.

In the longer term well targeted spending on health, education and infrastructure will have long terms economic benefits in terms of productivity which will make existing businesses more effective and attract new investment.

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.

A Labour government will drive forward the economic and industrial policy that Ed Miliband, Ed Balls and Chuka Umunna have been developing to create more high quality jobs in every region of the country by reforming our banking sector, modernising our infrastructure, and working with businesses to get the long - term investment we need in growing SMEs and the high productivity, growth industries of the future.

The economic term is called total factor productivity - it measures how much stuff a country can produce given a certain amount of inputs (land, capital, labour, etc).

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

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.

The Centre for Vision in the Developing World, set up by University of Oxford physicist Joshua Silver, says that by 2030 eyesight will be one of the world's top 10 health issues in terms of productivity and opportunities — taking a bigger economic toll than the HIV epidemic.

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.

Eric Hanushek in «The Seeds of Growth «argues that human capital is crucial to long - term gains in economic productivity and growth - and shows how poor the U.S. standing in the world actually is.

The productivity of Australian workers and the longer - term economic growth of the nation depend upon improvements in teacher quality and teacher effectiveness.

A number of speakers on the panel agreed that while quality education does have an impact on the future of the Northern Powerhouse, schools need to place a greater emphasis on knowledge - based education to be able to contribute to long - term productivity and economic development.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The economic impact of epilepsy is enormous in terms of use of health care resources and loss of productivity.

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

For the economic model, you need to understand the three main forces that drive most economic activity: 1) trend line productivity growth, 2) the long - term debt cycle and 3) the 5 - 8 business cycle that is driven by the credit cycle.

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;

Improving air and water quality would pay dividends in terms of public health and economic productivity.

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.

«These dangerous pollutants can worsen asthma and other respiratory diseases; cause heart attacks, cancers and stroke; and exact an enormous economic toll in terms of health - related costs and lost productivity.

There is also an economic incentive for employers to maintain a safe and healthy work environment, in terms of increased productivity and morale, as well as decreased absenteeism, sick leave and turnover, all of which can be costly.

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.

In the meantime, however, those willing to invest and address the productivity in their own business have a real opportunity to positively impact the working lives of their staff and improve overall financial performance, in turn helping to secure future economic growth and a long term competitive position for the UK.

In a parallel fashion, longitudinal studies that document the long - term consequences of childhood adversity indicate that alterations in a child's ecology can have measurable effects on his or her developmental trajectory, with lifelong consequences for educational achievement, economic productivity, health status, and longevity.23 — 27

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

In economic terms, that's an increase in productivity.