Worker wellbeing and productivity in advanced economies: Re-examining the link
Worker wellbeing and productivity in advanced economies: Re-examining the link
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.106989
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发表时间：
2021-02-24
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7
通讯作者：
Jackson, Tim
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作者：
Isham, Amy;Mair, Simon;Jackson, Tim
劳动生产率是理解现代经济使用资源的方式的关键概念，在生态经济学中具有突出的特征。生态经济学家从环境和社会的角度对劳动生产率增长的可取性提出了质疑。在本文中，我们的目标是通过关注劳动生产率和工人福利之间的联系，为正在进行的辩论做出贡献。首先，我们回顾了快乐生产工人理论的证据，该理论认为劳动生产率可以通过提高工人的福利来提高。其次，我们回顾了生产率增长可能损害工人福祉的证据。我们发现，有实验证据表明，工人福利对生产力的因果关系，但这种关系有时也涉及资源密集型调解人。结合生产率增长对工人福利产生负面影响的证据，我们得出结论，对生产率增长的不懈追求可能会适得其反，不仅在工人福利方面，甚至在长期生产率方面。
Labour productivity is a key concept for understanding the way modern economies use resources and features prominently in ecological economics. Ecological economists have questioned the desirability of labour productivity growth on both environmental and social grounds. In this paper we aim to contribute to ongoing debates by focusing on the link between labour productivity and worker wellbeing. First, we review the evidence for the happy-productive worker thesis, which suggests labour productivity could be improved by increasing worker wellbeing. Second, we review the evidence on ways that productivity growth may undermine worker wellbeing. We find there is experimental evidence demonstrating a causal effect of worker wellbeing on productivity, but that the relationship can also sometimes involve resource-intensive mediators. Taken together with the evidence of a negative impact on worker wellbeing from productivity growth, we conclude that a relentless pursuit of productivity growth is potentially counterproductive, not only in terms of worker wellbeing, but even in terms of long-term productivity.