Growth of factor productivity in the Turkish manufacturing industry at provincial level

Abstract

Karadağ, M., Önder, A. O. and DElİktaş, E. (2005) Growth of factor productivity in the Turkish manufacturing industry at provincial level, Regional Studies 39 , 213–223. This paper estimates the total factor productivity (TFP) change of the private and public sectors in the Turkish manufacturing industry in the selected provinces for 1990–98. It uses data envelopment analysis to compute Malmquist productivity indices decomposed into two components, namely efficiency change and technical change. The results show that many of the provinces show improvement in TFP on average for the public sector, while in the private sector, only half the provinces show growth in TFP. Overall evidence of catching up can be observed only in the private sector. The results also reveal that technical progress plays the main role in productivity growth.Total factor productivity, Data envelopment analysis, Malmquist productivity index, Turkish manufacturing industry, Private and public sectors, Regional performance, Productivité globale, Analyse des données par enveloppement, Indice de la productivité du type Malmquist, Industrie turque, Secteurs privé et public, Performance régionale, Gesamtfaktorenleistung, Datenumklammerungsanalyse, Malmquist Leistungsindex herstellende, Industrie der Türkei Private und öffentliche Sektoren, Regionalleistung, Productividad factorial total, Industria manufacturera turca, Análisis envolvente de datos, Sector público y privado, Índice de productividad de Malmquist, Rendimiento regional, JEL classification: C43, D24, L60, R00,

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“…There is a list of studies that measure changes in TFP and in its components (technical efficiency) in the Turkish manufacturing industry at the regional level Karadağ, et al, 2005) and for different ownership structures, namely public and private (Zaim and Taşkın, 2001). These studies also differ in their methods of computing productivity (Önder et al (2003) use stochastic production frontiers, whereas Karadağ, et al (2005) utilize data envelopment analysis).…”

“…There is a list of studies that measure changes in TFP and in its components (technical efficiency) in the Turkish manufacturing industry at the regional level Karadağ, et al, 2005) and for different ownership structures, namely public and private (Zaim and Taşkın, 2001). These studies also differ in their methods of computing productivity (Önder et al (2003) use stochastic production frontiers, whereas Karadağ, et al (2005) utilize data envelopment analysis). On the other hand, empirical studies at the plant level investigate productivity changes during increased trade openness and participation in international activities over the period 1984-2000 (see for example, Özler andTaymaz et al, 2009).…”

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