From Farms to Factories and Firms : Structural Transformation and Labor Productivity Growth in Malaysia
From Farms to Factories and Firms : Structural Transformation and Labor Productivity Growth in Malaysia 03/05/2021 | 01:23am EDT Send by mail : Message : This study aims to provide a quantitative and integrated analysis of long-term structural transformation and labor productivity growth in Malaysia. Using data from the Department of Statistics Malaysia from 1987 to 2018 and decompositions that take account of the static and dynamic efficiency gains from labor reallocation, it documents that Malaysia has undergone structural transformation from an agriculture-driven to a serv...