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Astrid Kander. Photo.

Astrid Kander

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Astrid Kander. Photo.

Energy efficiency and the productivity race in industry

Author

  • Hana Nielsen
  • Sofia Henriques
  • Paul Warde
  • Astrid Kander

Summary, in English

The major aim of this paper is to analyze energy use and particularly energy productivity in some of the major manufacturing processes, such as iron and steel or paper production. Energy, as one of factors of production and substitute to labor, has often been neglected in various productivity benchmark studies. It is the aim of this paper to further investigate this relationship between energy and labor productivity, with a specific focus on the manufacturing industries across Europe and the US.

Department/s

  • Department of Economic History

Publishing year

2016

Language

English

Document type

Conference paper

Topic

  • Economic History

Conference name

Economic History Society Conference, 2016

Conference date

2016-03-31 - 2016-04-03

Conference place

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Status

Published