Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/126879 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
PIDS Discussion Paper Series No. 2012-11
Publisher: 
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), Makati City
Abstract: 
Various studies showed that total factor productivity (TFP) has not been a source of growth in the Philippines. It seems that factor accumulation, which is not a sustainable source of growth, has underpinned Philippine economic growth. Studies have also shown that the sustained growth of developed countries has ridden on the back of technological advances rather than on increasing use of factor inputs. Total factor productivity improvement is the only route to sustain economic growth in the long run. After a brief review of economic growth and productivity dynamics of the Philippine economy in the past fifty years, the paper provides an estimation of the determinants of total factor productivity and labor productivity. In the light of the empirical findings reported in this paper, some policy levers present themselves as critical in improving productivity growth in the economy. Investments in education, more government expenditure for improving human capital, greater openness of the economy, and macroeconomic stability are indispensable.
Subjects: 
total factor productivity
economic growth
Philippines
labor productivity growth
openness
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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