Productivity growth and efficiency change: Comparing manufacturing- and service-based firms in India

Rath, Badri Narayan (2017) Productivity growth and efficiency change: Comparing manufacturing- and service-based firms in India. Economic Modelling. ISSN 0264-9993 (In Press)

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Abstract

This paper compares total factor productivity (TFP) growth and its components for both manufacturing- and service-based firms in India for the period 2008 to 2014. TFP growth based on data envelopment analysis shows higher productivity for the service sector as compared to the manufacturing sector. Further, decomposition of TFP growth results indicates that both the manufacturing and services sectors are driven mainly by technical change. Comparing TFP growth at the sub-sectoral level shows that mean TFP growth is highest in the case of IT firms as compared to the chemical, textile and trade industries. Further, the determinants of TFP growth using a feasible generalised least squares model indicate that capital intensity, capital turnover ratio and debt significantly affect productivity growth in the case of manufacturing. However, none of the determinants except capital intensity affect productivity growth in the services sector. From a policy standpoint, this paper suggests greater emphasis on both the service and manufacturing sectors despite some variability among firms.

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Rath, Badri Narayanhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-7211-0952
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: TFP growth; Technical change; Technical efficiency change; DEA; Cross-sectional dependence; Feasible generalised least square
Subjects: Social sciences > Political Science & Economics
Divisions: Department of Liberal Arts
Depositing User: Team Library
Date Deposited: 11 Sep 2017 04:44
Last Modified: 11 Sep 2017 04:44
URI: http://raiith.iith.ac.in/id/eprint/3533
Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2017.08.024
OA policy: http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0264-9993/
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