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Les facteurs qualitatifs de la productivité : un essai d'évaluation

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[spa] Los factores cualitativos de la productividad : un ensayo de evaluación, . por Jacques Mairesse, Mohamed Sassenou.. . Más allá de los factores de capital y de trabajo tal como se las mide habitualmente, el análisis pretende aprehender ciertos factores más cualitativos de la productividad de las empresas : la edad promedio de los equipos, la calificación del trabajo, la importancia del capital de investigación interna y la intensidad del capital sectorial de investigación. Teniendo en cuenta los problemas de modelización y de medición de las variables, las estimaciones obtenidas en una muestra en corte transversal de trescientas empresas industriales aproximadamente parecen satisfactorias, ya que son estadísticamente significativas y de un orden de magnitud razonable. [eng] Tentative estimates of qualitative factors of productivity, . by Jacques Mairesse, Mohamed Sassenou.. . Besides taking into account the two main production factors, i.e. capital and labour as usually measured, the present study is an attempt to assess the influence of some qualitative factors explaining the productivity of firms : the age of equipment, the labour force's qualification, the importance of their internal R-D capital stock and the R-D capital intensity of the industry. The estimates are performed on a cross section of about three hundred manufacturing firms ; in spite of specification and measurement problems, they seem satisfactory, being both statistically significant and of a reasonable order of magnitude. [fre] Les facteurs qualitatifs de la productivité : un essai d'évaluation, . par Jacques Mairesse, Mohamed Sassenou.. . Au-delà des facteurs de capital et de travail tels qu'ils sont mesurés habituellement, l'analyse cherche à appréhender certains facteurs plus qualitatifs de la productivité des entreprises : l'âge moyen des équipements, la qualification du travail, l'importance du capital de recherche interne et l'intensité du capital sectoriel de recherche. Compte tenu des problèmes de modélisation et de mesure des variables, les estimations obtenues sur un échantillon en coupe d'environ trois cents entreprises industrielles paraissent satisfaisantes. Elles sont statistiquement significatives et d'un ordre de grandeur raisonnable. [ger] Die qualitativen Faktoren der Ertragsfähigkeit : ein Schätzansatz, . von Jacques Mairesse, Mohamed Sassenou.. . Ausser den wie üblich gemessenen Faktoren wie Kapital und Arbeit versucht diese Analyse, gewisse, auf qualitative Aspekte stärker ausgenchtete Faktoren der betneblichen Ertragsfähigkeit zu erfassen : das Durchschnittsalter der Betriebsanlagen, die Arbeitsbewertung sowie die Höhe der innerbetrieblichen und sektoralen Forschungsaufwendungen. Unter Berücksichtigung der mit der Modellierung und Variablenmessung zusammenhängenden Probleme erscheinen die anhand einer Querschnittuntersuchung aus einer Stichprobe von ungefähr 300 Industriebetneben hervorgehenden Schätzungen zufriedenstellend. Sie sind von statistischer Relevanz und weisen eine angemessene Grössenordnung auf.

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  • Jacques Mairesse & Mohamed Sassenou, 1989. "Les facteurs qualitatifs de la productivité : un essai d'évaluation," Économie et Prévision, Programme National Persée, vol. 91(5), pages 35-42.
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    DOI: 10.3406/ecop.1989.5137
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    1. Zvi Griliches, 1998. "Comparing Productivity Growth: An Exploration of French and U.S. Industrial and Firm Data," NBER Chapters, in: R&D and Productivity: The Econometric Evidence, pages 157-186, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Jacques Mairesse, 1988. "Les lois de la production ne sont plus ce qu'elles étaient : une introduction à l'économétrie des panels," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 39(1), pages 225-271.
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