Productivity, Efficiency, and Economic Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region

Productivity, Efficiency, and Economic Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region
Author: Jeong-Dong Lee
Publisher: Physica
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-10-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9783790825640

Productivity growth is a keyword for sustainable economic growth in a knowledge-based society. There has been significant methodological development in the literature on productivity and efficiency analysis, e.g. SFA (Stochastic Frontier Analysis) and DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis). All these methodological developments should be matched with applications in order to provide practical implications for private and public decision-makers. This volume provides a collection of up-to-date and new applications of productivity and efficiency analysis. In particular, the case studies cover various economic issues in the Asia-Pacific region. The authors analyze the performance of manufacturing firms, banks, venture capital, broadcasting firms, as well as the issues of efficiency in the education sector, regional development, and defense industry. These case studies will shed light on the potential contribution of productivity and efficiency analysis to the enhancement of economic performance.

Productivity Growth in the Manufacturing Sector

Productivity Growth in the Manufacturing Sector
Author: Mihir Kumar Pal
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2021-06-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1800710941

The growth of manufacturing industries is one of the key sectors in helping to mitigate global recessions. Productivity Growth in the Manufacturing Sector thoroughly discusses issues and potential remedies of this sector for a range of international countries.

Resource Misallocation in India: The Role of Cross-State Labor Market Reform

Resource Misallocation in India: The Role of Cross-State Labor Market Reform
Author: Mr.Adil Mohommad
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2021-02-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1513570676

At the macro level, productivity is driven by technology and the efficiency of resource allocation, as outcomes of firms’ decision making. The relatively high level of resource misallocation in India’s formal manufacturing sector is well documented. We build on this research to further investigate the drivers of misallocation, exploiting micro-level variation across Indian states. We find that states with less rigid labor markets have lesser misallocation. We also examine the interaction of labor market rigidities with informality which is a key feature of India’s labor markets. Our results suggest that reducing labor market rigidities in states with high informality has a net positive effect on aggregate productivity.

China-India

China-India
Author: Delia Davin
Publisher: OUP/British Academy
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780197265673

What do China and India have in common and where do they differ in their pathways to economic and social development over the last two decades? This volume examines each country in paired chapters covering social and environmental impacts, economic development, labour and demography.

The World Economy

The World Economy
Author: Dale W. Jorgenson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 597
Release: 2016-11-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107143349

The first long-term analysis of the process of structural change and productivity growth in Asia, Europe, Latin America and the USA.

Productivity in Indian Manufacturing

Productivity in Indian Manufacturing
Author: Vinish Kathuria
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2014-09-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317559789

This volume comprehensively captures trends in productivity and its determinants in the post-reform period for Indian manufacturing. It provides an up-to-date survey of different methods employed in measuring productivity and their applications across organized and unorganized sectors, including food, beverages, furniture, gems, chemicals, petroleum and rubber, metals and minerals, paper products, publishing, textiles, etc. The essays examine the uneven impact of economic reforms and growth on the performance of the manufacturing sector. This will be especially useful to students and scholars of economics, business and management, policymakers and governmental agencies, particularly those interested in Indian economy and manufacturing.

Liberalization and Economic Performance of the Informal Sector

Liberalization and Economic Performance of the Informal Sector
Author: Indrajit Bairagya
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2014-10-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317631781

Impact of liberalization on informality has been a subject of intense debate for many years and the major issue that has come up is whether liberalization helps to grow informal sector and informality in the economy or it is an obstruction for informal sector’s growth. Thus, in the light of the recent liberalization measure, this book sets to examine general presumptions of the development of informal sector in the context of the Indian economy. The book begins with a broad framework for analysis of output contribution and growth of the informal sector. Liberalization is measured by openness indices and inter-sectoral linkages. Impact of liberalization on growth contributions of informal sector is captured by openness indices (i.e. degree of openness to trade and principal component scores), technical efficiency (measured by Data Envelope Analysis and estimated by Tobit Censored Regression model) and components of productivity (computed by Malmquist total factor productivity index) of the informal enterprises by inter-sectoral linkages. The linkages are modeled theoretically in a neo-classical growth theory and empirically measured by sub-contracting arrangements between formal and informal enterprises. In addition, the book also provides implications on promotion of informal sector from the viewpoint of employment generation. The description and analyses of the book will help with policy implications and enlighten the readers on the development of informal sector.

Productivity, Efficiency, and Economic Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region

Productivity, Efficiency, and Economic Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region
Author: Jeong-Dong Lee
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2008-09-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3790820725

Productivity growth is a keyword for sustainable economic growth in a knowledge-based society. There has been significant methodological development in the literature on productivity and efficiency analysis, e.g. SFA (Stochastic Frontier Analysis) and DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis). All these methodological developments should be matched with applications in order to provide practical implications for private and public decision-makers. This volume provides a collection of up-to-date and new applications of productivity and efficiency analysis. In particular, the case studies cover various economic issues in the Asia-Pacific region. The authors analyze the performance of manufacturing firms, banks, venture capital, broadcasting firms, as well as the issues of efficiency in the education sector, regional development, and defense industry. These case studies will shed light on the potential contribution of productivity and efficiency analysis to the enhancement of economic performance.

The Extractive Industries Sector

The Extractive Industries Sector
Author: Håvard Halland
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2015-09-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1464806055

The extractive industries (EI) sector occupies an outsize space in the economies of many developing countries. Policy makers, economists, and public finance professionals working in such countries are frequently confronted with issues that require an in-depth understanding of the sector, its economics, governance, and policy challenges

Resurging Asian Giants

Resurging Asian Giants
Author: Klaus Gerhaeusser
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Total Pages: 577
Release: 2010-07-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9290920688

The economies of the People's Republic of China and India have seen dramatic growth in recent years. As their respective successes continue to reshape the world's economic landscape, noted Chinese and Indian scholars have studied the two countries' development paths, in particular their rich and diverse experiences in such areas as education, information technology, local entrepreneurship, capital markets, macroeconomic management, foreign direct investment, and state-owned enterprise reforms. Drawing on these studies, ADB has produced a timely collection of lessons learned that serves as a valuable refresher on the challenges and opportunities ahead for developing economies, especially those in Asia and the Pacific.