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Productivité du travail et croissance économique dans une économie dépendante des hydrocarbures : le cas algérien, 1984-2014

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  • Sofiane Hazem
  • Serge Rey

    (CATT - Centre d'Analyse Théorique et de Traitement des données économiques - UPPA - Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour)

Abstract

On s'intéresse à l'impact de la productivité sur la dynamique de la croissance économique en Algérie sur la période 1984-2015. Le premier objectif de cet article a été de mesurer cette productivité à la fois pour l'ensemble de l'économie et pour différents secteurs. On a ensuite procédé à des estimations originales du stock de capital en s'appuyant sur la méthode de l'inventaire permanent, ce qui a permis de déduire les évolutions de la productivité globale des facteurs. A partir de ces estimations, on montre que si globalement l'économie algérienne a connu d'assez bonnes performances en matière de croissance économique, cela a été plus le résultat d'une augmentation des facteurs de productions, essentiellement de la main d'oeuvre, que de la croissance de la productivité du travail qui a été très limitée. Ce résultat reflète en partie les faibles performances du secteur des hydrocarbures qui a connu une diminution de la productivité du travail depuis le début des années 2000, tandis que d'autres secteurs comme l'agriculture ont connu à l'inverse de forts gains de productivité. This paper addresses the empirical question of whether the productivity can help explain economic growth dynamics in Algeria over the 1984-2015 period. The first objective of this article is to measure productivity for both the economy as a whole and for different sectors. Then original estimates of the capital stock are made using the permanent inventory method, which led to inferring evolutions in total factor productivity. On the basis of these estimates, it is shown that while the Algerian economy as a whole has performed fairly well in terms of economic growth, this was more the result of an increase in production factors, i.e. labor force, than of labor productivity growth, which was very limited. This partly reflects the weak performance of the hydrocarbons sector, which has experienced a decline in labor productivity since the early 2000s, while other sectors such as agriculture have experienced strong productivity gains.

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  • Sofiane Hazem & Serge Rey, 2017. "Productivité du travail et croissance économique dans une économie dépendante des hydrocarbures : le cas algérien, 1984-2014," Working Papers hal-01880319, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-01880319
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    Keywords

    Growth rate; Algeria; hydrocarbons; labor productivity; TFP;
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    JEL classification:

    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology

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