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This regional case study is focused on employment, remuneration and labor productivity, with a particular emphasis on the interplay between labor productivity and other labor-related indicators and macroeconomic conditions in Italy, Egypt, Lebanon and Greece. Its value lies in the high degree of consistency and comparability of the data, owing to a shared data collection methodology. This has allowed for the compilation of both national and regional comparisons. The data is treated in two groups—the first group consists of national data that considers all the active vessels in a country; the second group focuses on the trawl segments of Italy and Egypt. These two countries present an interesting case study because they are so different in terms of labor productivity and remuneration performance. For instance, in Italy labor shortages have caused a shift in fishing strategies towards less labor-intensive operations to maintain the socioeconomic sustainability of the fisheries, while in Egypt macroeconomic conditions have resulted in a larger labor pool and strong incentives to work in the fisheries sector. The regional study demonstrates that labor-related indicators are interconnected and there is an inversely proportional relationship between labor productivity and remuneration and employment levels. This relationship necessitates a combined analysis. The results across and between the countries were compared, with particular attention given to labor productivity and remuneration in the respective countries with a discussion centred around the potential drivers of labor productivity.
Jennifer Gee; Dario Pinello; Konstantinos Polymeros. Drivers of Labor-Related Indicators across Diverse Mediterranean Fisheries. Sustainability 2017, 9, 2000 .
AMA StyleJennifer Gee, Dario Pinello, Konstantinos Polymeros. Drivers of Labor-Related Indicators across Diverse Mediterranean Fisheries. Sustainability. 2017; 9 (11):2000.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJennifer Gee; Dario Pinello; Konstantinos Polymeros. 2017. "Drivers of Labor-Related Indicators across Diverse Mediterranean Fisheries." Sustainability 9, no. 11: 2000.
This study explores the technical and scale efficiency of two types of Greek fishing vessels, small-scale vessels and bottom trawlers, using a bias-corrected input-oriented Data Envelopment Analysis model. Moreover, the associations between efficiency scores and vessel’s and skipper’s characteristics are also explored. The results indicate that small-scale vessels achieve a very low average technical efficiency score (0.42) but a much higher scale efficiency score (0.81). Conversely, bottom trawlers achieve lower scale but higher technical efficiency scores (0.68 and 0.73, respectively). One important finding of this study is that the technical efficiency of small-scale vessels, in contrast to trawlers, is positively associated with the experience of the skipper. In a looser context, it can be said that small-scale fisheries mainly rely on skill, whereas bottom trawlers rely more on technology. This study concludes that there is space for improvement in efficiency, mainly for small-scale vessels, which could allow the achievement of the same level of output by using reduced inputs.
Dario Pinello; Angelos Liontakis; Alexandra Sintori; Irene Tzouramani; Konstantinos Polymeros. Assessing the Efficiency of Small-Scale and Bottom Trawler Vessels in Greece. Sustainability 2016, 8, 681 .
AMA StyleDario Pinello, Angelos Liontakis, Alexandra Sintori, Irene Tzouramani, Konstantinos Polymeros. Assessing the Efficiency of Small-Scale and Bottom Trawler Vessels in Greece. Sustainability. 2016; 8 (7):681.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDario Pinello; Angelos Liontakis; Alexandra Sintori; Irene Tzouramani; Konstantinos Polymeros. 2016. "Assessing the Efficiency of Small-Scale and Bottom Trawler Vessels in Greece." Sustainability 8, no. 7: 681.