Bleischwitz, R;
(2001)
Rethinking Productivity: Why has Productivity Focussed on Labour Instead of Natural Resources?
Environmental and Resource Economics
, 19
(1)
23 - 36.
10.1023/A:1011106527578.
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Abstract
The contribution of natural resources and ecosystems to economic processes still remains under-assessed by market evaluation and productivity analysis. Following the historical lines of the classical productivity debate ranging from the French Physiocrats to early neoclassical growth theories, the productivity concept underwent a gradual transformation from its previous understanding based on natural resources and other environmental factors to its contemporary narrow notion. This paper claims that the course of the classical debate has shaped the scope of predominant contemporary analysis. Except for some very recent findings, multifactor productivity largely focusses on a two-factor model. Material Flow Analysis (MFA) provides a useful step for widening the measurement and notion of productivity.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Rethinking Productivity: Why has Productivity Focussed on Labour Instead of Natural Resources? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1023/A:1011106527578 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1011106527578 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1011106527578. |
| Keywords: | material flow analysis, measurement, natural resources, productivity |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1407320 |
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