creativeworkseries.issn	1564-698X
dc.contributor.author	Konte, Maty
dc.contributor.author	Kouamé, Wilfried A.
dc.contributor.author	Mensah, Emmanuel B.
dc.date.accessioned	2024-02-23T17:55:03Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-23T17:55:03Z
dc.date.issued	2022-03-22
dc.description.abstract	This paper employs sectoral data to draw conclusions on how structural reforms—implemented during the period 1975–2005—affected differences in cross-country aggregate labor productivity growth in developing countries. Most important, it explores how the effects of reforms on productivity growth are distributed between the intrasectoral and intersectoral components of labor productivity growth. The findings indicate that most of the trade, product market, and financial sector reforms have increased productivity growth. Looking at the subcomponents of labor productivity growth, the results show that structural reforms work mainly through the intra-allocative efficiency channel but not through the interallocative efficiency channel. The intrasectoral component is the main driver of the impacts of reforms on productivity growth, with a contribution that ranges from 76 percent to 96 percent depending on the reform measure considered. The paper also examines the role of labor market regulations and finds that labor market rigidity/flexibility matters for how specific reforms induce reallocation of resources within and across sectors.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099550212112326167/IDU0d6bb3e7f0c7f30478e0bf520c8962cd41fa2
dc.identifier.citation	The World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/41097
dc.identifier.issn	0258-6770 (print)
dc.identifier.issn	1564-698X (online)
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41097
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries	World Bank Economic Review
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subject	STRUCTURAL CHANGE
dc.subject	STRUCTUREL REFORMS
dc.title	Structural Reforms and Labor Productivity Growth in Developing Countries	en
dc.title.subtitle	Intra or Inter-Reallocation Channel?	en
dc.type	Journal Article
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okr.crossref.title	Structural Reforms and Labor Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Intra or Inter-Reallocation Channel?
okr.date.disclosure	2024-02-23
okr.date.lastmodified	2023-12-11T00:00:00Z	en
okr.doctype	Journal Article
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
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okr.identifier.docmid	IDU-d6bb3e7f-c7f3-478e-bf52-c8962cd41fa2
okr.identifier.doi	10.1093/wber/lhac002
okr.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1596/41097
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okr.region.geographical	World
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unit	EFI-AFR2-MTI-MacroFiscal-1 (EAWM1)
okr.volume	36 (3)
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