Philippine Standard time

Effort Standards and the Velocity of Production: A Theory of Labor Time, and Wage Funds

UPSE DP 1994-03
1994

A model of dual measures is proposed to explain the economic relevance of time for labor services. The paper investigates two significant temporal decisions of the firm with respect to wages and employment: the investment in labor-time and the use of a ci

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Mehta, Nimai M.
Keywords
labor productivity; labor standards; labor
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