Labour-Use Efficiency in the Tunisian's Manufacturing Industries: A Flexible Adjustment Model

Ilham Haouas (ilham.haouas@adu.ac.ae), Mahmoud Yagoubi and Almas Heshmati (almas.heshmati@gmail.com)
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Mahmoud Yagoubi: Crifes-Matisse, Université Paris I

Documents de travail from Groupe d'Economie du Développement de l'Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV

Abstract: This paper investigates the process of adjustment in employment. A dynamic model is applied to a panel of six Tunisian manufacturing industries observed over the period 1971-1996. The adjustment process is industry and time specific. The adjustment parameter is specified in terms of factors affecting the speed of adjustment. Industries are assumed to adjust their labour inputs towards a desired level of labour-use. A translog labour requirement function is specified in terms of observable variables and is used to model the desired level of labour-use.The labour requirement is specified to be function of wages, output, quasi-fixed capital stock and technology. The empirical results show that in the long-run, employment demand responds greatest to value added, followed by capital stock changes, and least by wages. The speed of adjustment in employment and the degree of labour-use efficiency show large variations among thesectors and over time.

JEL-codes: C23 E24 J23 L60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17 pages
Date: 2003-01
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