Structural transformation, openness, and productivity growth in sub-Saharan Africa

Suale Karimu

No wp-2019-109, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper examines the connections of structural change and economic openness to labour productivity growth using a panel data set of 41 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 1991-2015. A dynamic panel model of cross-country productivity growth is estimated using the least squares with dummy variables approach. The results suggest that growth of labour productivity is negatively related to initial levels of labour productivity. Labour productivity growth is also positively related to the shares of labour in industry and services.

Keywords: Sub-Saharan Africa; Structural transformation; Labour productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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