Manufacturing has traditionally been regarded in the development literature as having special "growth-pulling" or "growth-enhancing" properties. The share of manufacturing in GDP has been declining slightly over time in South Africa, while that of services has been growing. This study focuses on...

The rapid growth of offshoring has sparked a contentious debate over its impact on the U.S. manufacturing sector, which has recorded steep employment declines yet strong output growth—a fact reconciled by the notable gains in manufacturing productivity. We maintain, however, that the dramatic...

Expansion of earning opportunities and increment in earning levels are dual objectives of policymakers in developing countries. The structural adjustment programme in India tried to ensure both through higher growth targets, and manufacturing sector has seen the most sweeping changes. It is now...

In 2019-20, the real gross value added (GVA) of Indian manufacturing declined by about three per cent over the previous year, which is rare because a negative growth rate in manufacturing in India has not occurred in the past 20 years. The growth rate of the Indian economy in 2019-20 was about...

This article investigated the service sector linkages with agriculture and industrial sectors with the purpose of ascertaining if forward and backward causal-chain exists, and the direction of causation among these sectors. The study was prompted by obvious evidence that sectoral contributions...

Das Produktivitätswachstum in der deutschen Industrie hat sich in den letzten Jahren verlangsamt. Zugleich ist die Heterogenität bei den Verläufen unter den Industriebranchen enorm. Was sind die ökonomischen Hintergründe, und lässt sich daraus eine tatsächliche Produktivitätsschwäche...

Die Steigerung der Produktivität ist kein Selbstzweck, sondern dient dem Erhalt und Ausbau der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit. Nicht nur vor dem Hintergrund verstärkt protektionistischer Tendenzen im handelspolitischen Umfeld ist dieses Motiv von zentraler Bedeutung. Allerdings hat sich das...

Nach den aktuellen Ergebnissen der ifo Investitionsumfrage wollen die Unternehmen des deutschen Verarbeitenden Gewerbes 2018 ihre Investitionen in neue Maschinen und Bauten um nominal rund 9% erhöhen. Für das Jahr 2017 ergaben die Meldungen der Befragungsteilnehmer einen Anstieg von knapp 4%....