For labor costs, competition for posts First, a full load;

对于劳动力成本，一是竞聘上岗，实行满负荷工作；

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Considering that labor costs are responsible for up to 80% of a daycare center's expenses, one would expect flat wages to have meant flat prices.

考虑到人工成本占日托中心费用的80%，人们可能会认为工资持平就意味着价格持平。

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The confusion of costs with rates persists partly because labor rates are a convenient target for managers who want to make an impact on their company's budgets.

成本与价格的混淆一直存在，部分原因是人工费率是那些想对公司预算产生影响的管理者的方便目标。

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But Greek labor costs are high even for Europe.

VOA: special.2010.05.07

The strikes have mainly hit foreign companies. This is causing problems for those manufacturers that shifted production to China to take advantage of lower labor costs and to cash in on the potential consumer market.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Year-over-year productivity grew at a 2.4% clip in the second quarter, compared to 3.2% for unit labor costs.

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One of the major reasons, after all, that companies are outsourcing their operations to Asia is for the labor costs.

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However, the airline is trying to make up for the higher labor costs through efforts like fleet replacement aimed at deriving fuel efficiencies and the recent spin-off of its regional carrier, American Eagle to access more competitive rates from other carriers.

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