Journal of Productivity Analysis - SDG 8 Related Publications from Journal of Productivity Analysis

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The UN Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG 8) "Decent Work and Economic Growth" exists to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.

Articles from Journal of Productivity Analysis address issues directly related to SDG 8. Below are a few highlights from the journal that seek to promote stable economic growth and decent work for all. 

• Non-structural and structural models in productivity analysis: study of the British Isles during the 2007–2009 financial crisis
  Binlei Gong, Robin C. Sickles
  Journal of Productivity Analysis 53.2 (January 2020)
   

• The effects of access to credit on productivity: separating technological changes from changes in technical efficiency
  Nusrat Abedin Jimi, Plamen V. Nikolov, Mohammad Abdul Malek, Subal Kumbhakar
  Journal of Productivity Analysis 52.1-3 (October 2019)
   

• ICT labor, software usage, and productivity: firm-level evidence from Turkey
  Hüseyin Taştan, Feride Gönel
  Journal of Productivity Analysis 53.2 (February 2020)
   

• Examining irrigation productivity in U.S. agriculture using a single-factor approach
  Eric Njuki, Boris E. Bravo-Ureta
  Journal of Productivity Analysis 51.2-3 (May 2019)
   

• TFP change and its components for Swedish manufacturing firms during the 2008–2009 financial crisis
  Pontus Mattsson, Jonas Månsson, William H. Greene
  Journal of Productivity Analysis 53.1 (October 2019)

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