The Level of Development and the Determinants of Productivity Growth

Habib Ahmed () and Stephen M. Miller ()

No 1999-03, Working papers from University of Connecticut, Department of Economics

Abstract: We examine the effects of technology on productivity growth by disaggregating total output into sectoral components, exploring the roles of investment and technology on productivity growth for countries in different income groups. We find that for low-income countries, investment is the most important determinant of productivity growth. While investment plays an important role in determining productivity growth in middle-income countries, additional effects resulting from technological change also emerge. Investment ceases to have a significant effect on productivity growth in high-income countries.

Keywords: productivity growth; investment; technical change; sectoral analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O1 O4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999-07
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Published in Applied Economics, June 2002

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