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Productivity in the Small Manufacturing Enterprises: Determinants and Policy Issues

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  • Mukherjee, Dipa

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The role of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in employment creation is widely acknowledged. But their contribution to national income is questioned because of their low productivity. The present paper tries to identify important determinants of productivity level in Small Manufacturing Enterprises (SMEs) and suggest appropriate policies for augmenting productivity levels therein. Factors like technology, access to resources and inputs, general macroeconomic atmosphere, etc. emerge as important determinants of productivity. A close association between productivity levels and emolument per worker is also observed. Policies for proper development of these enterprises should include technological upgradation, better access to land ownership and formal credit system, improvement of general economic condition of the states, ensuring remunerative wages and better working conditions etc. For best results, a targeted approach is recommended and for that Focus groups, both at National and State level, have been identified. A co-ordinated approach is the need of the hour.

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  • Mukherjee, Dipa, 2004. "Productivity in the Small Manufacturing Enterprises: Determinants and Policy Issues," MPRA Paper 4867, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:4867
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    1. Rajesh Raj, Seethamma Natarajan, 2007. "Technical Efficiency in the Informal Manufacturing Enterprises: Firm level evidence from an Indian state," MPRA Paper 7816, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Kathuria, Vinish & Seethamma Natarajan, Rajesh Raj & Sen, Kunal, 2010. "Organized versus Unorganized Manufacturing Performance in India in the Post-Reform Period," MPRA Paper 20317, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Tulika Bhattacharya & Meenakshi Rajeev & Indrajit Bairagya, 2018. "Are high-linked sectors more productive in India? An analysis under an input–output framework," Indian Economic Review, Springer, vol. 53(1), pages 333-367, December.
    4. Dipa Mukherjee & Rajarshi Majumder, 2007. "Efficiency, technological progress and regional comparative advantage: a study of the organized manufacturing sector in India," Asia-Pacific Development Journal, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), vol. 14(2), pages 23-54, December.
    5. Kathuria, Vinish & Seethamma Natarajan, Rajesh Raj & Sen, Kunal, 2010. "State business relations and manufacturing productivity growth in India," MPRA Paper 20314, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    6. Vinish Kathuria & Rajesh Raj S.N. & Kunal Sen, 2013. "Institution of State–Business Relation and Its Impact on Manufacturing Productivity Growth in India: A Post-reform Analysis," South Asia Economic Journal, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, vol. 14(1), pages 83-108, March.
    7. Padmavathi N, 2019. "Technical efficiency of unorganised food processing industry in India: A stochastic frontier analysis," Working Papers 449, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore.
    8. Rajesh Raj S.N., 2011. "Technical Efficiency in the Informal Manufacturing Sector," Journal of South Asian Development, , vol. 6(2), pages 213-232, October.
    9. Mukherjee, Dipa & Majumder, Rajarshi, 2014. "Informal manufacturing sector in Bihar: A brief overview," MPRA Paper 93321, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    Productivity; Micro-enterprises; Total Factor Productivity; Technology;
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    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • L60 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - General

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