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Contribution of Structural Change to Productivity Growth: Evidence from Tunisia

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  • Mohamed Ali Marouani
  • Rim Mouelhi

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The objective of the article is to analyse the dynamics of sectoral productivity growth in Tunisia and assess the contribution of structural change to these dynamics. Using sectoral and firm data, we show that productivity increased at a relatively sustained pace in Tunisia in the last three decades, but that the contribution of structural change remained limited. Trade reforms had a positive impact, while investment and the policies implemented in the mid-1990s had negative effects on structural change. The main impediments are barriers to entry in some sectors, the inefficiency of factor markets and the focus of the firms' upgrading programme only on some selected sectors.

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  • Mohamed Ali Marouani & Rim Mouelhi, 2016. "Contribution of Structural Change to Productivity Growth: Evidence from Tunisia," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 25(1), pages 110-132.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jafrec:v:25:y:2016:i:1:p:110-132.
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    1. Mohamed Amara & Khaled Thabet, 2019. "Firm and regional factors of productivity: a multilevel analysis of Tunisian manufacturing," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 63(1), pages 25-51, August.
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    4. Mohamed Ali Marouani & Gunes Asik & Ulas Karakoc & Michelle Marshalian, 2020. "Productivity, structural change, and skills dynamics. Evidence from a half-century analysis," Working Papers hal-04001052, HAL.
    5. Mohamed Amara, 2023. "Agglomeration and firm performance in times of economic turmoil: Evidence from Tunisian firm‐level data," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 54(2), pages 446-481, June.
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    10. Mohamed Amara, 2019. "Firm Performance and Agglomeration Effects: Evidence from Tunisian Firm-level Data," Working Papers 1297, Economic Research Forum, revised 2019.
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    14. Moussir, Charaf-Eddine & Chatri, Abdellatif, 2020. "Structural change and labour productivity growth in Morocco," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 353-358.
    15. Bianchi, Carlos & Isabella, Fernando & Martinis, Anaclara & Picasso, Santiago, 2024. "Varieties of middle-income trap: Heterogeneous trajectories and common determinants," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 320-336.

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    JEL classification:

    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa

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