Malmquist Indexes of Productivity Change in Tunisian Manufacturing Industries

Houyem Zrelli, Abdullah H. Alsharif and Iskander Tlili
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Houyem Zrelli: Department of Business Administration, College of Science and Humanities at Alghat, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia
Abdullah H. Alsharif: Department of Business Administration, College of Science and Humanities at Alghat, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia
Iskander Tlili: Department for Management of Science and Technology Development, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City 758307, Vietnam

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 4, 1-20

Abstract: This research aims to investigate the extent and nature of productivity growth in manufacturing industries using nonparametric frontier techniques. In order to decompose the total factor productivity (TFP) into technical efficiency change and technological change we use the output-oriented Malmquist productivity index method for 34 Tunisian manufacturing industries over the period 2002–2016. The results indicated that TFP has witnessed an average growth of two percent over the period 2002–2016. The productivity growth identified was attributed to the improvements in the technology (or frontier-shift) rather than improvements or changes in the efficiency.

Keywords: data envelopment analysis method; productivity index of Malmquist; Tunisia; manufacturing industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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