What is labour productivity?

 Thanks to tutor2u https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/introduction-to-macroeconomics-i-labour-productivity?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Weekly%20tutor2u%20Economics%20blog&utm_content=Weekly%20tutor2u%20Economics%20blog+CID_521ea82eca172690a172bc82a71bbca9&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Introduction%20to%20Macroeconomics%20I%20Labour%20Productivity

The UK Productivity Gap

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https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/reference/the-uk-productivity-gap-1?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CMEconRevisionVideos160419&utm_content=CMEconRevisionVideos160419+CID_3f5a81718f03462a7006ea51d0ded036&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=The%20UK%20Productivity%20Gap

New technology: Turning the desert and city rooftops green

Fantastic stories from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-43975519/making-the-desert-sand-bloom
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-44005335/johannesburg-s-rooftop-farmer

Would a four-day week boost productivity?

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-42709955/would-a-four-day-week-boost-productivity

Substitution of capital for labour

To increase productivity, reports the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-42158043/ocado-robot-picks-up-and-packs-supermarket-goods

UK productivity dilemma

Great clip from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-42070802/comparing-british-german-and-american-productivity-levels
and Ch4
https://www.channel4.com/news/are-the-uks-productivity-days-long-gone

UK Labour Productivity

Thanks to economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/5887/economics/uk-labour-productivity/

Falling UK 10 yr productivity

Great clip half way down this Sky report
http://news.sky.com/story/worst-decade-for-uk-productivity-since-napolean-10938330
and the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40504734

What's behind low productivity?

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https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/whats-behind-low-productivity-and-flatlining-pay?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Sat%201st%20July%202017&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Sat%201st%20July%202017+CID_806e6293610136d68919702b9c2aca54&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Whats%20behind%20low%20productivity%20and%20flatlining%20pay%20Newsnight%20interviews%20Andy%20Haldane%20Chief%20Economist%20of%20the%20Bank%20of%20England%20on%20the%20contributory%20causes%20of%20the%20flat-lining%20of%20pay%20over%20the%20last%20ten%20years%20Why%20has%20productivity%20stalled%20Haldane
and the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/21/productivity-crisis-uk-real-wage-growth?CMP=share_btn_tw

UK productivity

Interesting report from Ch4
https://www.channel4.com/news/britains-productivity-struggle

The UK productivity puzzle

Thanks to the BBC for these 2 clips
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33347300
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36497843

Productivity: Worrying data

....from Sky
http://news.sky.com/story/1644123/uk-productivity-gap-widens-to-a-record-level
and a great graph in this article fro the Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/feb/18/uk-productivity-gap-widens-to-worst-level-since-records-began

Productivity.......and why is it stagnant?

Nice compilation from tutor2u
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/the-uk-productivity-issue?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily+tutor2u+Economics+updates&utm_content=Daily+tutor2u+Economics+updates+CID_580e6eb02ce37e7ed197722a6c0aa931&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Blog++The+UK+Productivity+Issue

Why is British productivity low?

Interesting clips from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33347300 and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33433358

How technology can increase productivity: The half mile long train

Great report from the BBC on the effect of automating tasks. The last sentence says the job is reduced from 12 years to 2


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31010111#

Unit 1/2: Productivity/Specialisation videos

Some great videos from tutor2u

http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/unit-2-macro-videos-on-productivity?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economics_news+%28tutor2u+Economics+Blog%29#When:08:46:56Z

Unit 2: Revision: Productivity and Supply side policies

From economics student comes this great post on productivity and supply side policies

http://rapidrevision.co.uk/economics-student/2009/05/07/meeting-the-productivity-challenge/