Total Factor Productivity Growth in Malaysian Resource Based Industries

Alternative estimates of Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth in forty-three five-digit Malaysian resource based industries are measured using the popular Gollop-Jorgenson Model. The results confirm various suggestions that productivity levels in Malaysian manufacturing industries are below those...

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Published in:ASEAN economic bulletin 1993-07, Vol.10 (1), p.83-97, Article AE10-1F
Main Authors: Abdullah, Maisom, Hussein, Mohd. Ariff
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coal fuels industry
Cocoa industry
Copper industry
Extractive industries
Furniture industry
Furniture making
Industrial production
Industrial productivity
Malaysia
Manufacturing industries
Manufacturing processes
Papermaking
Productivity
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Summary:Alternative estimates of Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth in forty-three five-digit Malaysian resource based industries are measured using the popular Gollop-Jorgenson Model. The results confirm various suggestions that productivity levels in Malaysian manufacturing industries are below those of their competitors in other countries. The five-digit sectoral analysis provides a number of interesting observations, i.e. consumer goods industries, export-oriented industries and downstream activities tend to experience relatively higher TFP growth levels than capital-intensive industries with excess capacities and heavily protected industries. Empirical evidence of Malaysian resource based industries seem to confirm findings in other countries.
ISSN:0217-4472
2339-5095
2339-5206
DOI:10.1355/AE10-1F