Good deposits are not enough: Mining labor productivity analysis in the copper industry in Chile and Peru 1992-2009

Resources Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 247-256

  Joaquin Jara J ^a   Pérez, Patricio ^a,b   Villalobos, Pablo ^c  

^a Chilean Copper Comission   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^c Ministry of Economy   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Copper; Geological features; Labor productivity; Panel data; Peru; Production scale

Indexed keywords

CHILE; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; PANEL DATA; PERU; PRODUCTION SCALE;

COPPER; COPPER DEPOSITS; COPPER METALLURGY; COPPER MINES; COPPER SMELTING; DEPOSITS; INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

PRODUCTIVITY;

COPPER; FIRM SIZE; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MINING INDUSTRY; PANEL DATA;

CHILE; PERU;

EID: 78349305767     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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