Industrial Structure and Labour Productivity Evidences from Manufacturing Industry in Iran
The relationship between industrial structure and productivity, particularly when the former influences the latter, is the traditional view that large firms in more concentrated industries have the resources to make R&D investments, bring about technical advances and ultimately raise industrial...
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| author | Mohammadali Feizpour Mohammadreza Dehghanpour |
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| description | The relationship between industrial structure and productivity, particularly when
the former influences the latter, is the traditional view that large firms in more
concentrated industries have the resources to make R&D investments, bring about
technical advances and ultimately raise industrial productivity. On the other hand,
small firms in competitive industries may lack the resources to invest in innovation
and make productivity gains.
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between industrial
structure and labour productivity for manufacturing firms in Iran during the years of
the Second Development Plan. Concentration ratio, barriers to entry and minimum
efficient scale are considered as measures of industrial structure and labour
productivity wich is defined as the ratio of total output to total labour force. The data
for empirical analysis consist of 12000 manufacturing firms, aggregated at 23, 60
and 135 of 2, 3 and 4-digit industries respectively. The results suggest that industry
structure, measured by minimum efficient scale has a positive and significant effect
in the labour productivity. This finding suggests that Iranian manufacturing plants
are sub-optimal and it is possible to increase labour productivity by achieving
minimum efficient scale. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a58d48a763b84f5e8cd05fe88e7e672e2023-12-26T07:57:28ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University PressFaslnāmah-i Pizhūhish/Nāmah-i Iqtisādī1735-210X2476-64532011-06-01114171952584Industrial Structure and Labour Productivity Evidences from Manufacturing Industry in IranMohammadali Feizpour0Mohammadreza Dehghanpour1The faculty of Economics, Management and Accounting, University of YazdThe Faculty of Imam Javad High Educational InstituteThe relationship between industrial structure and productivity, particularly when the former influences the latter, is the traditional view that large firms in more concentrated industries have the resources to make R&D investments, bring about technical advances and ultimately raise industrial productivity. On the other hand, small firms in competitive industries may lack the resources to invest in innovation and make productivity gains. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between industrial structure and labour productivity for manufacturing firms in Iran during the years of the Second Development Plan. Concentration ratio, barriers to entry and minimum efficient scale are considered as measures of industrial structure and labour productivity wich is defined as the ratio of total output to total labour force. The data for empirical analysis consist of 12000 manufacturing firms, aggregated at 23, 60 and 135 of 2, 3 and 4-digit industries respectively. The results suggest that industry structure, measured by minimum efficient scale has a positive and significant effect in the labour productivity. This finding suggests that Iranian manufacturing plants are sub-optimal and it is possible to increase labour productivity by achieving minimum efficient scale.https://joer.atu.ac.ir/article_2584_f97795eab7757f753fb04346dc0308a9.pdfindustrial structurelabour productivitymanufacturing industryiransecond development plan |
| spellingShingle | Mohammadali Feizpour Mohammadreza Dehghanpour Industrial Structure and Labour Productivity Evidences from Manufacturing Industry in Iran Faslnāmah-i Pizhūhish/Nāmah-i Iqtisādī industrial structure labour productivity manufacturing industry iran second development plan |
| title | Industrial Structure and Labour Productivity Evidences from Manufacturing Industry in Iran |
| title_full | Industrial Structure and Labour Productivity Evidences from Manufacturing Industry in Iran |
| title_fullStr | Industrial Structure and Labour Productivity Evidences from Manufacturing Industry in Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Industrial Structure and Labour Productivity Evidences from Manufacturing Industry in Iran |
| title_short | Industrial Structure and Labour Productivity Evidences from Manufacturing Industry in Iran |
| title_sort | industrial structure and labour productivity evidences from manufacturing industry in iran |
| topic | industrial structure labour productivity manufacturing industry iran second development plan |
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