Linking Labor Productivity to Economic Freedom

Edward Nissan and Farhang Niroomand

The American Economist, 2008, vol. 52, issue 2, 42-53

Abstract: This paper provides a review of the role of enterprise in a capitalistic setting to promote economic growth. For this purpose, two indexes on productivity and economic freedom were utilized to compare countries grouped by region and income. The finding by relating productivity to economic freedom index of the Heritage Foundation indicates a statistically significant relationship between the two. This gives credence to the hypothesis that economic liberalization induces growth, despite significant gaps in the levels of productivity and economic freedom index between groups of countries.

Keywords: Capitalism; enterprise; economic freedom index; productivity; economic growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1177/056943450805200206

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