Labour Productivity, Technological Gap and Spillovers Evidence from Moroccan Manufacturing Industries

Jamal Bouoiyour () and Al Akhawayn ()
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Al Akhawayn: University of Pau et Pays de l'Adour

The African Finance Journal, 2005, vol. 7, issue 2, 1-17

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to investigate empirically whether there is any evidence that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has had a positive impact on productivity performance in Moroccan manufacturing industries. To this end a panel data set at sector level for the Moroccan manufacturing industries in the period 1987-1996 was used. Our results suggest that the foreign presence increases the domestic labour productivity. However, this relationship is a complex one and depends on absorptive capacity or technological gap (distance between foreign and indigenous firms in terms of total factor productivity). The technological gap seems to be a condition for spillovers, but only within a certain range. Our results show a significant positive effect of trade openness (exports) on the Moroccan labour productivity.

Keywords: Labour Productivity; Human Capital; Spillovers; Moroccan Manufacturing Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F21 F23 O52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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