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Internalization of human labour in Input-Output analysis

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This chapter focuses on the internalization of human labour in the calculation of primary exergy embodied in goods and services. After a brief review about the main approaches proposed by literature, the Bioeconomic Exergy based Input-Output analysis (B-ExIO) is here introduced and discussed.

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Rocco, M.V. (2016). Internalization of human labour in Input-Output analysis. In: Primary Exergy Cost of Goods and Services. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43656-2_5

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