Switzerland's taxes and spending are lower than otherwise, and its labour productivity higher, because the Swiss can vote on fiscal issues, says Lars Feld of the University of Heidelberg.
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The end goal is faster growth in living standards, built on higher productivity, higher exports, and higher investment.
It is not, after all, particularly cutting edge to say that the Scottish government is in favour of more jobs, higher productivity and higher level skills.
"Obviously, our challenge is we need to deliver on the pending reforms and governing responsibly over the next years, but I do see this as a very good opportunity for Mexico to retake a path of higher productivity and higher economic growth, " he said.
Specifically, the most data-driven companies had 4% higher productivity and 6% higher profits than the average in our sample, all else being equal.
Increases in productivity yields higher real wages and a more prosperous standard of living.
Put those factors together, and you can get increased efficiency, improved productivity and higher revenue in any industry.
To slow the growth of tuition, we need reforms that attack the inefficient cost structure and low productivity in higher education.
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Better health can also mean higher productivity (which can translate into higher earnings) and lower life, health, disability, and long-term care insurance premiums over your lifetime.
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Agglomeration economies are real, so there could be big gains from technologies that help people transport themselves more quickly and cheaply to areas and with populations where their productivity is higher.
After all, higher productivity growth must eventually show up in either higher profits or higher wages.
The first is that America's potential growth rate is much higher than conventional wisdom suggests, because productivity is much higher than official statistics measure.
This is the basis of the Balassa-Samuelson theory which holds that average prices will be higher in countries with higher productivity (ie, high GDP per head), because higher wages will push up prices in labour-intensive goods and services.
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Adjusted operating margin improved 110 basis points to 6.6%, attributed to higher volume and productivity initiatives which helped offset higher employee-related expenses, the impact of changes in product mix, and restructuring costs.
Productivity may be higher in Japan, but factories struggle with high taxes, high utility costs and costly shipping.
Carew acknowledges the point, but argues that higher productivity does not automatically cancel out jobs.
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Higher productivity, the faster Mr. Bernanke can let the economy grow without raising interest rates.
This, in turn, creates a more stable community, higher productivity and stronger national economies.
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Like Bank of America, Cubist discovered a correlation between higher productivity and face-to-face interactions.
If users wanted higher productivity, then they simply needed to spend more time in training.
Instead they need a combination of lower real wages, lower input prices and higher productivity.
More trade and greater price transparency should mean more competition and thus higher productivity growth.
"It is imperative that the increased costs be compensated by higher productivity, " the airline said.
To remain competitive, El Salvador has to respond with higher productivity and lower costs.
Also, men typically accumulate more continuous work experience and therefore acquire higher productivity in the labor market.
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Another explanation is that productivity is usually higher in businesses where employees work with machines or technology.
Higher productivity does not have to mean fewer jobs, if demand is going up at the same time.
Some of that cost differential could be offset by higher productivity and greater labour flexibility in western countries.
Every business process is up for reinvention: sales, marketing, product development and support, offering higher productivity and employee satisfaction.
Workers cannot demand higher wages unless the increases are justified by higher productivity.
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