Productivity growth in Australian manufacturing sector: some new evidence

Renuka Mahadevan

Applied Economics Letters, 2002, vol. 9, issue 15, 1017-1023

Abstract: This article examines the productivity performance of Australia's manufacturing sector by decomposing its output growth into input growth, technological progress and gains in technical efficiency. This three-way decomposition is done with an improved version of the stochastic frontier model using eight, two-digit industry level data from 1968/9 to 1994/5. Empirical evidence shows that input growth fueled output growth from 1968/9 to 1973/4, but since then, total factor productivity (TFP) growth has been the main contributor of output growth. While the trend of TFP growth was found to be promising for most industries with positive and increasing technological progress, the negative gains from technical efficiency over time is however cause for concern.

Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1080/13504850210165829

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