Sectoral energy- and labour-productivity convergence

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-112

  Mulder, Peter ^a,b   De Groot, Henri L F ^b,c  

^a Ministry of Planning and Development   (Mozambique)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CPB NETHERLANDS BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYSIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Convergence; Energy productivity; Labour productivity; Sectoral analysis

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY POLICY; INVESTMENTS; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTIVITY;

ENERGY PRODUCTIVITY; LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY; SECTORAL ANALYSIS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONVERGENCE; ENERGY MARKET; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; OECD; PRICE DYNAMICS; WAGE;

EID: 33846663470     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-006-9042-y     Document Type: Article

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