Structural Transformation and Productivity Growth in Africa : Uganda in the 2000s
Uganda’s economy underwent significant structural change in the 2000s whereby the share of non-tradable services in aggregate employment rose by about 7 percentage points at the expense of the production of tradable goods. The process also involved...
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JOBS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH RATE MONETARY POLICY MOTIVATION PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS ECONOMIC GROWTH PRODUCTION AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY EMPLOYMENT SHARE INFORMAL SECTOR STRUCTURAL CHANGE INCOME PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SERVICE INDUSTRIES TRADE BARRIERS AGE GROUP ELASTICITY OF DEMAND INFORMATION PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRIES EXPORTS ELASTICITY POLITICAL ECONOMY JOB‐CREATION WELFARE JOB AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY FIRM‐ SIZE AGE GROUPS DISTRIBUTION VARIABLES MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY INPUTS RETAIL TRADE REAL WAGES PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE EMPLOYMENT SIZE FREE TRADE WAGE GROWTH JOB LOSSES TRENDS DRIVERS DEVELOPMENT PER CAPITA INCOMES LABOR MARKET PER CAPITA INCOME EMPLOYMENT LEVELS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EXPORT GROWTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS AGE‐GROUPS FIRM LEVEL WORKER GROUP WORKER PRODUCTIVITY EXPORT LED GROWTH LABOR PRODUCTIVITY INDUSTRIALIZATION INCREASING RETURNS ORGANIZATIONS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES GROWTH RATE AGE GROUP OPEN ECONOMY LABOR LABOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT SHARE ECONOMIC RESEARCH TAXES UNEMPLOYMENT LABOR MARKET JOB‐DESTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH VALUE ADDED WORKERS PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS WAGES INTERNATIONAL TRADE REAL WAGE HIGH EMPLOYMENT VALUE COMPETITIVENESS CREDIT MACROECONOMICS PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION AGE GROUPS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE OCCUPATION ECONOMY AGRICULTURE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCTIVE FIRMS ECONOMIC RENTS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH JOB CREATION AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT GROUP WORKER MEASUREMENT SHARES ECONOMIC THEORY TRADE LIBERALIZATION MANPOWER MANAGEMENT PRODUCTIVITY DECOMPOSITION MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES TRADE GDP EXPORT‐LED GROWTH GOODS THEORY ECONOMIES OF SCALE ENTRY COSTS GROWTH RATE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE TRADE LIBERALIZATION PRODUCTIVITY GAP INCOME ELASTICITY OF DEMAND EMPLOYEE PRODUCT MARKETS ECONOMIES OF SCALE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS PRODUCTIVITY GAINS LABOUR AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT UNSKILLED LABOR SELF‐EMPLOYMENT SMALL BUSINESSES PRICES LABOR REALLOCATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES EMPLOYEES |
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JOBS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH RATE MONETARY POLICY MOTIVATION PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS ECONOMIC GROWTH PRODUCTION AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY EMPLOYMENT SHARE INFORMAL SECTOR STRUCTURAL CHANGE INCOME PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SERVICE INDUSTRIES TRADE BARRIERS AGE GROUP ELASTICITY OF DEMAND INFORMATION PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRIES EXPORTS ELASTICITY POLITICAL ECONOMY JOB‐CREATION WELFARE JOB AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY FIRM‐ SIZE AGE GROUPS DISTRIBUTION VARIABLES MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY INPUTS RETAIL TRADE REAL WAGES PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE EMPLOYMENT SIZE FREE TRADE WAGE GROWTH JOB LOSSES TRENDS DRIVERS DEVELOPMENT PER CAPITA INCOMES LABOR MARKET PER CAPITA INCOME EMPLOYMENT LEVELS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EXPORT GROWTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS AGE‐GROUPS FIRM LEVEL WORKER GROUP WORKER PRODUCTIVITY EXPORT LED GROWTH LABOR PRODUCTIVITY INDUSTRIALIZATION INCREASING RETURNS ORGANIZATIONS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES GROWTH RATE AGE GROUP OPEN ECONOMY LABOR LABOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT SHARE ECONOMIC RESEARCH TAXES UNEMPLOYMENT LABOR MARKET JOB‐DESTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH VALUE ADDED WORKERS PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS WAGES INTERNATIONAL TRADE REAL WAGE HIGH EMPLOYMENT VALUE COMPETITIVENESS CREDIT MACROECONOMICS PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION AGE GROUPS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE OCCUPATION ECONOMY AGRICULTURE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCTIVE FIRMS ECONOMIC RENTS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH JOB CREATION AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT GROUP WORKER MEASUREMENT SHARES ECONOMIC THEORY TRADE LIBERALIZATION MANPOWER MANAGEMENT PRODUCTIVITY DECOMPOSITION MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES TRADE GDP EXPORT‐LED GROWTH GOODS THEORY ECONOMIES OF SCALE ENTRY COSTS GROWTH RATE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE TRADE LIBERALIZATION PRODUCTIVITY GAP INCOME ELASTICITY OF DEMAND EMPLOYEE PRODUCT MARKETS ECONOMIES OF SCALE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS PRODUCTIVITY GAINS LABOUR AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT UNSKILLED LABOR SELF‐EMPLOYMENT SMALL BUSINESSES PRICES LABOR REALLOCATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES EMPLOYEES Ahmed, Sabin Mengistae, Taye Yoshino, Yutaka Zeufack, Albert G. Structural Transformation and Productivity Growth in Africa : Uganda in the 2000s |
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Uganda’s economy underwent significant
structural change in the 2000s whereby the share of
non-tradable services in aggregate employment rose by about
7 percentage points at the expense of the production of
tradable goods. The process also involved a
12-percentage-point shift in employment away from small and
medium enterprises and larger firms in manufacturing and
commercial agriculture mainly to microenterprises in retail
trade. In addition, the sectoral reallocation of labor on
these two dimensions coincided with significant growth in
aggregate labor productivity. However, in and of itself, the
same reallocation could only have held back, rather than
aid, the observed productivity gains. This was because labor
was more productive throughout the period in the tradable
goods sector than in the non-tradable sector. Moreover, the
effect on aggregate labor productivity of the reallocation
of employment between the two sectors could only have been
reinforced by the impacts on the same of the rise in the
employment share of microenterprises. The effect was also
strengthened by a parallel employment shift across the age
distribution of enterprises that raised sharply the
employment share of established firms at the expense of
younger ones and startups. Not only was labor consistently
less productive in microenterprises than in small and medium
enterprises and larger enterprises across all industries
throughout the period, it was also typically less productive
in more established firms than in younger ones. |
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Working Paper |
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Ahmed, Sabin Mengistae, Taye Yoshino, Yutaka Zeufack, Albert G. |
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Ahmed, Sabin Mengistae, Taye Yoshino, Yutaka Zeufack, Albert G. |
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Ahmed, Sabin |
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Structural Transformation and Productivity Growth in Africa : Uganda in the 2000s |
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Structural Transformation and Productivity Growth in Africa : Uganda in the 2000s |
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Structural Transformation and Productivity Growth in Africa : Uganda in the 2000s |
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Structural Transformation and Productivity Growth in Africa : Uganda in the 2000s |
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Structural Transformation and Productivity Growth in Africa : Uganda in the 2000s |
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structural transformation and productivity growth in africa : uganda in the 2000s |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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okr-10986-234672021-04-23T14:04:15Z Structural Transformation and Productivity Growth in Africa : Uganda in the 2000s Ahmed, Sabin Mengistae, Taye Yoshino, Yutaka Zeufack, Albert G. JOBS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH RATE MONETARY POLICY MOTIVATION PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS ECONOMIC GROWTH PRODUCTION AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY EMPLOYMENT SHARE INFORMAL SECTOR STRUCTURAL CHANGE INCOME PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SERVICE INDUSTRIES TRADE BARRIERS AGE GROUP ELASTICITY OF DEMAND INFORMATION PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRIES EXPORTS ELASTICITY POLITICAL ECONOMY JOB‐CREATION WELFARE JOB AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY FIRM‐ SIZE AGE GROUPS DISTRIBUTION VARIABLES MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY INPUTS RETAIL TRADE REAL WAGES PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE EMPLOYMENT SIZE FREE TRADE WAGE GROWTH JOB LOSSES TRENDS DRIVERS DEVELOPMENT PER CAPITA INCOMES LABOR MARKET PER CAPITA INCOME EMPLOYMENT LEVELS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EXPORT GROWTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS AGE‐GROUPS FIRM LEVEL WORKER GROUP WORKER PRODUCTIVITY EXPORT LED GROWTH LABOR PRODUCTIVITY INDUSTRIALIZATION INCREASING RETURNS ORGANIZATIONS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES GROWTH RATE AGE GROUP OPEN ECONOMY LABOR LABOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT SHARE ECONOMIC RESEARCH TAXES UNEMPLOYMENT LABOR MARKET JOB‐DESTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH VALUE ADDED WORKERS PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS WAGES INTERNATIONAL TRADE REAL WAGE HIGH EMPLOYMENT VALUE COMPETITIVENESS CREDIT MACROECONOMICS PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION AGE GROUPS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE OCCUPATION ECONOMY AGRICULTURE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCTIVE FIRMS ECONOMIC RENTS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH JOB CREATION AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT GROUP WORKER MEASUREMENT SHARES ECONOMIC THEORY TRADE LIBERALIZATION MANPOWER MANAGEMENT PRODUCTIVITY DECOMPOSITION MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES TRADE GDP EXPORT‐LED GROWTH GOODS THEORY ECONOMIES OF SCALE ENTRY COSTS GROWTH RATE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE TRADE LIBERALIZATION PRODUCTIVITY GAP INCOME ELASTICITY OF DEMAND EMPLOYEE PRODUCT MARKETS ECONOMIES OF SCALE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS PRODUCTIVITY GAINS LABOUR AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT UNSKILLED LABOR SELF‐EMPLOYMENT SMALL BUSINESSES PRICES LABOR REALLOCATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES EMPLOYEES Uganda’s economy underwent significant structural change in the 2000s whereby the share of non-tradable services in aggregate employment rose by about 7 percentage points at the expense of the production of tradable goods. The process also involved a 12-percentage-point shift in employment away from small and medium enterprises and larger firms in manufacturing and commercial agriculture mainly to microenterprises in retail trade. In addition, the sectoral reallocation of labor on these two dimensions coincided with significant growth in aggregate labor productivity. However, in and of itself, the same reallocation could only have held back, rather than aid, the observed productivity gains. This was because labor was more productive throughout the period in the tradable goods sector than in the non-tradable sector. Moreover, the effect on aggregate labor productivity of the reallocation of employment between the two sectors could only have been reinforced by the impacts on the same of the rise in the employment share of microenterprises. The effect was also strengthened by a parallel employment shift across the age distribution of enterprises that raised sharply the employment share of established firms at the expense of younger ones and startups. Not only was labor consistently less productive in microenterprises than in small and medium enterprises and larger enterprises across all industries throughout the period, it was also typically less productive in more established firms than in younger ones. 2015-12-18T22:30:19Z 2015-12-18T22:30:19Z 2015-12 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25513677/structural-transformation-productivity-growth-africa-uganda-2000s http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23467 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7504 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Uganda |