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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2022
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2022/87
Verlag: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Zusammenfassung: 
While the negative effects of the 2008 global financial crisis on labour productivity are still fresh in people's minds, the COVID-19 pandemic raises concerns that productivity will continue to decline. To boost labour productivity and regain economic performance, there is an empirical consensus on the role of structural reforms that allows an efficient reallocation of resources such as labour by reducing rigidities in markets. This study analyses the role of certain structural reforms in improving labour productivity in 35 developing countries over the period of 1990-2014. From the local projection method, our results show that structural reforms have a positive impact on productivity growth in the short and medium terms. The results also illustrate that reforms induce an efficient reallocation of resources within but not between sectors. Taking the business cycle into account in estimates shows that structural reforms stimulate labour productivity growth better in periods of low economic growth.
Schlagwörter: 
labour productivity
structural reform
local projection method
business
JEL: 
D24
O16
O24
O43
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ISBN: 
978-92-9267-221-8
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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