NZ has long suffered from low productivity. A simple fix is keeping workers happy
- Written by Dougal Sutherland, Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
bbernard/ShutterstockThe low-productivity bogeyman has long haunted New Zealand, with people working longer hours for lower output than other comparable countries. The country is now one of the least productive in the OECD.
At its most basic level, productivity measures how much output can be produced with a set of inputs. The inputs can be the...
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