| Title |
The measurement of labour productivity in wholesaling |
| Published in |
International Journal of Research in Marketing, p.21-34. ISSN 0167-8116. |
| Author |
Dalen, van J. (Jan); Koerts, J. (Johan); Thurik, A.R. (Roy) |
| Date |
1990-08-01 |
| Language |
English |
| Type |
article |
| Abstract |
Labour productivity is often discussed in economic literature, yet productivity studies in wholesaling are rare. On the whole, wholesaling is a neglected area of research in contrast with its important position in the distribution channel. Our analysis of labour productivity in wholesaling makes use of a labour-cost relationship — originally developed for retailing — to study differences in labour productivity across wholesale business types. For this purpose, averaged data are used of 61 German wholesale types for the 7-year period, 1979 through 1985. The labour-output relationship is estimated applying a pooled, an error-component and a variable-intercept model. Also, heteroskedasticity is considered. |
| Publication |
http://hdl.handle.net/1765/9592 |
| Persistent Identifier |
urn:NBN:nl:ui:15-1765/9592 |
| Metadata |
XML |
| Repository |
Erasmus University Rotterdam |