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Structural Change And Productivity In Manufacturing Industry Of Turkey: The Period Of 1980-2008

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  • Metin Altiok
  • İsmail Tuncer

    (Mersin University
    Mersin University)

Abstract

This study examines the effect of structural change on productivity growth in the manufacturing industries in Turkey, for the period of 1980-2008, where the export led industrialization strategies have been applied. The study defined structural change as the movement of factor inputs, from manufacturing branches with relatively low productivity to branches with high productivity. In assessing the effect of structural change on manufacturing productivity growth the conventional shift-share analysis has been used. The empirical results do not support the structural bonus hypothesis, which state that during the industrial growth, factor inputs shift to more productive branches. The empirical findings suggest that, structural change is unimportant in explaining productivity growth for the period 1981-1990 and 1991-2000. Moreover, the structural change seems to bring a drag on productivity rather than a bonus during 1981-2000. Although for the period of 2003-2008 the effect of structural change is positive, it seems to explain only 3 percent of the labor productivity increases.

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  • Metin Altiok & İsmail Tuncer, 2013. "Structural Change And Productivity In Manufacturing Industry Of Turkey: The Period Of 1980-2008," Anadolu University Journal of Social Sciences, Anadolu University, vol. 13(2), pages 55-70, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:and:journl:v:13:y:2013:i:2:p:55-70
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    1. Sahin Nas & Maya Moalla & Ismail Tuncer, 2023. "Structural Change and Growth Prospects in the Turkish Economy: A Demand-Side Decomposition Analysis," E&M Economics and Management, Technical University of Liberec, Faculty of Economics, vol. 26(1), pages 25-44, March.

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    Keywords

    Economic Growth; Technological Development; Structural Change; Labor Productivity; Manufacturing Industry.;
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    JEL classification:

    • L16 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics; Macroeconomic Industrial Structure
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence

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