MANUFACTURING PRICES, PRODUCTIVITY, AND LABOR COSTS IN 5 ECONOMIES

Authors
VANARK B
Citation
B. Vanark, MANUFACTURING PRICES, PRODUCTIVITY, AND LABOR COSTS IN 5 ECONOMIES, Monthly labor review, 118(7), 1995, pp. 56-72
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Industrial Relations & Labor
Journal title
Monthly labor review → ACNP
ISSN journal
00981818
Volume
118
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Pages
56 - 72
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-1818(1995)118:7<56:MPPALC>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The United States continues to surge ahead of other major industrial e conomies in terms of lower prices, higher levels of labor productivity , and better unit labor cost performance; while the depreciation of th e dollar plays an important role, real productivity gains are importan t as well.