Productivity versus Endowments : A Study of Singapore's Sectoral Growth, 1974-92

Kee, Hiau Looi

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-2702

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collection.name.5	Policy Research Working Papers
dc.contributor.author	Kee, Hiau Looi
dc.date.accessioned	2014-08-20T18:10:46Z
dc.date.available	2014-08-20T18:10:46Z
dc.date.issued	2001-11
dc.date.lastModified	2021-04-23T14:03:43Z
dc.description.abstract	Productivity, and the Rybczynski effects of factor endowments, have been highlighted as the two main reasons behind the growth of newly industrializing economies in East Asia. However, empirical studies at the aggregate level, do not find support for these claims. Focusing on Singapore's manufacturing industries, the author estimates the contributions of productivity, and factor endowments to sectoral growth. The results show that both are important. But productivity is more important as a source of growth in the electronics industry, while factor endowments make a larger contribution in other industries.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/11/1620914/productivity-versus-endowments-study-singapores-sectoral-growth-1974-92
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19500
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2702
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	ACCOUNTING
dc.subject	CONDITIONS
dc.subject	CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subject	CONSTRUCTION
dc.subject	DIMINISHING RETURNS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ELASTICITIES
dc.subject	ELASTICITY
dc.subject	EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
dc.subject	EMPIRICAL STUDIES
dc.subject	EQUALIZATION
dc.subject	EQUATIONS
dc.subject	EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subject	GDP
dc.subject	GNP
dc.subject	GROWTH RATE
dc.subject	GROWTH THEORY
dc.subject	IMPORTS
dc.subject	INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject	INPUT PRICES
dc.subject	INTERMEDIATE INPUTS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject	INVENTORY
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	LABOR INPUTS
dc.subject	MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION
dc.subject	OIL
dc.subject	PERFECT COMPETITION
dc.subject	POSITIVE EFFECTS
dc.subject	PRICE ELASTICITIES
dc.subject	PRICE ELASTICITY
dc.subject	PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
dc.subject	PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subject	TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	TRANSPORT
dc.subject	VALUE ADDED INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	ENDOWMENTS
dc.subject	INDUSTRIALIZATION
dc.subject	AGGREGATE VARIABILITY
dc.subject	MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES
dc.subject	SECTORAL ASSESSMENT
dc.subject	ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	VALUE ADDED
dc.subject	INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.title	Productivity versus Endowments : A Study of Singapore's Sectoral Growth, 1974-92	en
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea	Jobs
okr.date.disclosure	2001-11-30
okr.doctype	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/11/1620914/productivity-versus-endowments-study-singapores-sectoral-growth-1974-92
okr.globalpractice	Trade and Competitiveness
okr.globalpractice	Water
okr.googlescholar.linkpresent	yes
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/1813-9450-2702
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	000094946_01111304035454
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	1620914
okr.identifier.report	WPS2702
okr.language.supported	en
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okr.region.administrative	East Asia and Pacific
okr.region.country	Singapore
okr.topic	Economic Theory and Research
okr.topic	Banks and Banking Reform
okr.topic	Water Resources :: Water and Industry
okr.topic	Environmental Economics and Policies
okr.topic	Industry :: Industrial Management
okr.unit	Trade, Development Research Group
okr.volume	1

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