Definition of Labor Productivity

Definition: Labor productivity is the quantity of output per time spent or numbers employed. Could be measured in, for example, U.S. dollars per hour.

Terms related to Labor Productivity:

• Productivity
• Productivity Paradox
• Effective Labor

About.Com Resources on Labor Productivity:

• A Beginner's Guide to Economic Indicators
• A New Economy?
• Indifference Curves - How Do I Use and Understand Them?

Writing a Term Paper? Here are a few starting points for research on Labor Productivity:

Journal Articles on Labor Productivity:

• The New Econometrics of Structural Change: Dating Breaks in U.S. Labor Productivity
• Short-run labor productivity in a dynamic model
• Covergence of Industry Labor Productivity among Advanced Economies, 1963-1982