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Scaling New Heights: Achievements and Future Challenges for Productivity Convergence in Lithuania

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  • Ben Westmore

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GDP per capita in Lithuania rose from one third to two thirds of the OECD average level between 1995 and 2014, despite internal and external crises. Productivity catch-up was critical to this process, although the level of labour productivity also remains around one-third below the OECD average. Further productivity gains will partly rely on improvements in resource allocation. In particular, the Lithuanian government should promote better governance of state-owned enterprises, more effective bankruptcy procedures and new forms of business financing. However, convergence will also require policy settings that encourage advances in within-firm productivity growth. Improvements to the quality of education at all levels and increasing the role of workplace training will be important. So too will be further measures that support the innovation capacity of the business sector, including innovation policies that promote the absorptive capacity of firms and do not favour incumbents at the expense of young businesses. This Working Paper relates to the 2016 OECD Economic Survey of Lithuania (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-lithuania.htm) Atteindre des nouveaux sommets : réalisations et défis futurs pour une convergence de la productivité en Lituanie Le produit intérieur brut (PIB) par habitant s'est hissé d'un tiers à deux tiers de la moyenne de l'OCDE entre 1995 et 2014, malgré des crises internes et externes. Le rattrapage du retard qu'avait accumulé la Lituanie en termes de productivité a joué un rôle essentiel dans ce processus, même si le niveau de la productivité du travail demeure inférieur d'un tiers environ à la moyenne de l'OCDE. La poursuite de cette convergence dépendra en partie d'une amélioration de la répartition des ressources. Le gouvernement devrait notamment favoriser une amélioration de la gouvernance des entreprises publiques, la mise en place de procédures de faillite efficaces et l'émergence de nouvelles formes de financement des entreprises. Cette convergence passera aussi par des politiques publiques propices à l'amélioration de la croissance de la productivité au sein des entreprises. Il sera également important d'améliorer la qualité de l'enseignement à tous les niveaux et de renforcer le rôle de la formation en entreprise. Néanmoins, il conviendra aussi de prendre de nouvelles mesures pour renforcer la capacité d'innovation du secteur des entreprises, notamment en mettant en oeuvre des politiques d'innovation qui permettent d'améliorer encore la capacité d'absorption des entreprises et ne favorisent pas les acteurs en place au détriment des jeunes entreprises. Ce Document de travail se rapporte à l’Étude économique de l’OCDE 2016 de la Lituanie (www.oecd.org/fr/eco/etudes/etude-economique-lituanie.htm)

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  • Ben Westmore, 2016. "Scaling New Heights: Achievements and Future Challenges for Productivity Convergence in Lithuania," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1307, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:ecoaaa:1307-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5jlv2zcn3s8r-en
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    1. Toma LANKAUSKIENE, 2019. "Productivity determinants and their contributions to productivity growth in the Baltic countries before and after their entry into the European Union: a comparative industrial perspective," Eastern Journal of European Studies, Centre for European Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, vol. 10, pages 63-88, December.

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    Keywords

    allocation des ressources; convergence de la productivité; education; innovation; innovation; knowledge transfer; product market regulation; productivity convergence; resource allocation; réglementation des marchés de produits; transferts de connaissances; éducation;
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    JEL classification:

    • F43 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Economic Growth of Open Economies
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • O24 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Trade Policy; Factor Movement; Foreign Exchange Policy
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
    • O52 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe

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