More staff, especially nurses, have been recruited, but overall productivity has fallen (see first chart).
If almost everyone is working, less skilled and motivated people also get jobs, reducing overall productivity.
In turn, as workers move into more productive areas, this gives a boost to overall productivity and hence living standards.
In the early stages, this means going after the lowest-enrollment classes, allowing a school district to offer programs without reducing overall productivity.
Mr Jones warned, however, that the government's drive to improve the UK's overall productivity record must be extended to include the public sector.
But its overall productivity growth has fallen behind in recent years.
But for the economy as a whole, this can be a zero-sum game: depending on the industry, it may be solely a matter of redistributing profits, not improving overall productivity.
That is a key reason why Dale Jorgenson, an economist at Harvard University, reckons overall productivity growth will average 1.5% in the coming decade, down from 2% in the previous two.
Companies are becoming more efficient, and not just by sacking workers and buying in their needs instead: a study to be released soon shows the overall productivity of capital and labour together rising at 5% a year, says Jose Roberto Mendonca de Barros, the economic-policy secretary.
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The conditions for school choice that are likely to generate the most positive effects on overall school productivity are discussed in MacLeod and Urquiola (2009).
Brazil is also becoming more of a service economy, so productivity overall will fall because services and raw commodities are not areas requiring massive investment and productivity, especially in the services sector.
Canon has included many features on these high-quality yet affordable printers that help increase overall usability and productivity.
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Latin America's overall record of productivity growth is poor, thanks to a toxic mixture of burdensome regulation, a large informal economy and a lack of innovation.
None of this lessens the overall benefit of faster productivity growth.
If half of the population is locked into low-productivity work, overall growth will obviously be limited.
The launch of Office 365 is a major step by Microsoft which would help it retain its overall market share in the productivity software market.
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After all, as Thorin Klosowki recently wrote for Lifehacker, there have been studies showing that meditation can improve focus and productivity, increase overall brain power, and decrease stress and anxiety.
Overall, the findings show that productivity is a powerful lure.
App Store reviewers still gave iWork an overall 4 out of 5 stars , tops among the iPad productivity apps listed here.
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But the overall stock market advance was soundly based, given the impressive inventions and productivity gains that the economy was experiencing.
Over the four years 2008 through 2011, U.S. productivity climbed a cumulative 5.8% while the OECD overall eked out only a 3.4% gain.
Northwestern is also the 18th best college in America overall, according to Forbes' and the Center for College Affordability and Productivity's ranking of America's Best Colleges, which was published in August.
Sales growth, while better than expected, was only a small part of the overall better performance as Kellogg effectively reduced costs through lower advertising expenses and higher productivity.
Overall, the survey shows positive trends for the adoption of technologies that promise to improve long-term productivity in corporate networks.
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On inflation, the Fed chairman said that while high energy prices continue to be a source of risk, ongoing productivity gains in the labor market should keep wage increases--still the biggest driver of overall inflation--under control.
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