Club convergence of labour productivity in agriculture: Evidence from EU countries

Kijek, Arkadiusz; Kijek, Tomasz; Nowak, Anna

doi:10.17221/178/2020-agricecon

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“…In fact, Cluster 4 shows the similar development patterns as Cluster 2, but the growth rates are significantly higher, while the range of growth rates' variation is lower. Kijek et al (2020) classify these countries as member states with high or medium agricultural development level. Our results imply that economic growth is not resulting in the corresponding growth of employment and GHG emissions from fuel combustion.…”

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“…In fact, this country demonstrates a positive contribution to climate change mitigation on the account of the negative socio‐economic structural changes. The study by Kijek et al (2020) underlines that Croatia was the last country that joined the EU and classifies this member state as a country with the low level of agricultural development. Indeed, the decrease in employment and low productivity patterns go in lines with the situation that had been observed in many countries that joined the EU after 2003.…”

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The sustainability prism of structural changes in the European Union agricultural system: The nexus between production, employment and energy emissions

Jurkėnaitė¹,

Baležentis²,

Štreimikienė³

2021

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Over the recent decades, the evolution of the European Union (EU) agricultural system has resulted in significant structural changes in member states. Knowledge about the nature and main patterns of structural change is critical to select a sustainable development path for the EU agriculture. This paper contributes to the academic discourse on structural changes in agriculture demonstrating the nexus between socioeconomic and environmental aspects of development. In this regard, results are important to understand the contribution of the EU agriculture to climate change, because study deals with energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. The research covers period from 2008 to 2018 and investigates the fundamental structural change measures, namely, gross value added, labour and agriculture-related energy emissions, in EU member states. Structural changes are investigated applying a shift-share analysis that allows calculating a performance of individual member states, compared to the EU economy. The applied shift-share model investigates the situation of individual member states employing three components. The first component tracks the development of the selected measures with the EU economy growth, the second component shows the change due to effect of economic activities and the third shows competitiveness of agriculture in member states. The shift-share analysis empowers ranking member states in accordance with their progress towards the sustainable development. Findings suggest that EU economy faces the outflow of labour from agriculture and this trend is common for most countries. The changes of gross value added and emissions for fuel combustion demonstrate both upward and downward trends. However, research results suggest that new member states often face more fundamental changes.

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The sustainability prism of structural changes in the European Union agricultural system: The nexus between production, employment and energy emissions

Jurkėnaitė¹,

Baležentis²,

Štreimikienė³

2021

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“…This finding shows a shift in the agricultural sector in two periods. Kijek et al (2020) studied the convergence of labour productivity in the agricultural industry of 28 EU countries between 2005 to 2018. The countries were divided into three homogeneous groups regarding the level of development in the agricultural sector.…”

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Convergence Analysis of Economic Growth in South Kalimantan

Sopiana

Mursinto

Sugiharti

2022

JDE

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The objectives of this research are 1) testing and analyzing the level of sigma convergence in South Kalimantan; 2) testing and analyzing the convergent beta, including the absolute beta convergence and conditional beta convergence. This study uses static panel data covering 13 regencies/cities in South Kalimantan observed between 2010 and 2019. The data analysis uses the ordinary least square (OLS) regression model. The results showed a sigma convergence marked by a declining variation coefficient in each regency/city. The absolute beta and conditional beta also converged. Poor areas’ economic growth is faster than the prosperous regions so they catch up. There has to be close coordination between the central and local governments in formulating policies in handling government and private investment and improving workers’ productivity in the agricultural and mining sectors in South Kalimantan.

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“…Employee training in companies is a way for employers to shape employees' skills and enhance their capabilities. It is a systematical procedure for modifying working attitudes and levels of skills (knowledge, abilities and competencies), including employee motivation (Urbancová et al, 2021, Shahzadi et al, 2014 which can help to narrow the gap between subjective competence (the capacity to act and use competencies to organisational goals) and objective competence (the maximum educational attainment and requirements placed on employees) and increase productivity (Kijek et al, 2020).…”

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Evidence on the Use of Information and Communication Technology for Employee Training in Selected Companies in U.S. – Pilot Study

Volfová¹

2022

Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference Hradec Economic Days 2022

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The aim of this pilot study is to analyze the state of information and communication technology use during employee training in selected US companies. The study used a mixedmethods research design. First, a questionnaire survey was used which consisted of 18 questions. Some were closed, some were semi-closed and some were open ended. At the same time, the questionnaire survey used a 6-point Likert scale for several statements. The mean and standard deviation were then calculated from the results. A total of 21 respondents were obtained. Based on the data obtained from the questionnaire, 3 semi-structured interviews were conducted to obtain more detailed information regarding use information and communication technology for employee training. in these U.S. companies. Based on the results of the research, it can be said that the use of information and communication technology for employee training is popular and a positive trend in the number of such trainings is expected in companies in U.S.

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Club convergence of labour productivity in agriculture: Evidence from EU countries

Cited by 23 publications

References 21 publications

The sustainability prism of structural changes in the European Union agricultural system: The nexus between production, employment and energy emissions

The sustainability prism of structural changes in the European Union agricultural system: The nexus between production, employment and energy emissions

Convergence Analysis of Economic Growth in South Kalimantan

Evidence on the Use of Information and Communication Technology for Employee Training in Selected Companies in U.S. – Pilot Study

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