| Author | dc.contributor.author | Díaz Hernández, Juan José | |
| Author | dc.contributor.author | Martínez Budría, Eduardo | es_CL |
| Author | dc.contributor.author | Jara Díaz, Sergio | es_CL |
| Admission date | dc.date.accessioned | 2010-01-15T17:45:13Z | |
| Available date | dc.date.available | 2010-01-15T17:45:13Z | |
| Publication date | dc.date.issued | 2008-12 | |
| Cita de ítem | dc.identifier.citation | JOURNAL OF PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS Volume: 30 Issue: 3 Pages: 223-232 Published: DEC 2008 | en_US |
| Identifier | dc.identifier.issn | 0895-562X | |
| Identifier | dc.identifier.other | 10.1007/s11123-008-0110-x | |
| Identifier | dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/125147 | |
| Abstract | dc.description.abstract | Port workers services have been usually heavily regulated and reserved exclusively for a special kind of workers, dockworkers, which seems to have been the cause of serious inefficiencies worldwide. During the eighties, law reforms have been introduced to solve this problem. In this paper we analyze and decompose efficiency in cargo handling operations in 19 Spanish ports from 1990 to 1998. The method chosen is that of the parametric estimation of both allocative and technical inefficiency using panel data and a quadratic cost function. Results show that although inefficiency has decreased overall, there has been over utilization of labor regarding capital, and technical inefficiency. This supports the need of further consideration of other aspects including competition. | en_US |
| Lenguage | dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| Publisher | dc.publisher | SPRINGER | en_US |
| Keywords | dc.subject | ALLOCATIVE INEFFICIENCY | en_US |
| Título | dc.title | Parametric estimation of inefficiency in cargo handling in Spanish ports | en_US |
| Document type | dc.type | Artículo de revista | |
