Structure and Performance of the Services Sector in Transition Economies

This paper examines the structure and performance of the services sector in Eastern European and Central Asian countries during 1997-2004. Services represent an increasing share of total value added and employment with the major sub-sectors being w...

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Main Author:	Fernandes, Ana M.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ADVERTISING AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY AIR AIR TRANSPORT AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BACKBONE BARRIERS TO ENTRY BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING BENCHMARKS BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS CYCLE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CENTRAL ASIAN COMMODITY COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER DEMAND DATA LIMITATIONS DEFLATION DEFLATORS DEREGULATION DRIVERS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELECTRICITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT SHARE EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATES EXPORTS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SERVICES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FUEL FUND MANAGEMENT FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GLOBAL MARKETS GROSS VALUE GROWTH RATE HARDWARE HUMAN CAPITAL ICT INCOME INLAND TRANSPORT INNOVATION INSTITUTION INSURANCE INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LEGAL ENVIRONMENT MANUFACTURING MONETARY POLICIES MOTOR VEHICLES NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES PRICE LEVELS PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCT MARKET REGULATION PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTIVE FIRMS PRODUCTIVITY GAINS PRODUCTIVITY GAP PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH RATES PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PURCHASING POWER R&D REGRESSION ANALYSIS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESULT RESULTS RETAIL TRADE ROAD ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS SANITATION SERVICE INDUSTRIES SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SUPERVISION TAXONOMIES TAXONOMY TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES USE VALUE USER USERS VALUE ADDED VALUE OF OUTPUT WEALTH WEB WORKFORCE SKILLS
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spelling	okr-10986-73452021-04-23T14:02:34Z Structure and Performance of the Services Sector in Transition Economies Fernandes, Ana M. ACCOUNTING ADVERTISING AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY AIR AIR TRANSPORT AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BACKBONE BARRIERS TO ENTRY BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING BENCHMARKS BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS CYCLE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CENTRAL ASIAN COMMODITY COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER DEMAND DATA LIMITATIONS DEFLATION DEFLATORS DEREGULATION DRIVERS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELECTRICITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT SHARE EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATES EXPORTS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SERVICES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FUEL FUND MANAGEMENT FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GLOBAL MARKETS GROSS VALUE GROWTH RATE HARDWARE HUMAN CAPITAL ICT INCOME INLAND TRANSPORT INNOVATION INSTITUTION INSURANCE INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LEGAL ENVIRONMENT MANUFACTURING MONETARY POLICIES MOTOR VEHICLES NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES PRICE LEVELS PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCT MARKET REGULATION PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTIVE FIRMS PRODUCTIVITY GAINS PRODUCTIVITY GAP PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH RATES PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PURCHASING POWER R&D REGRESSION ANALYSIS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESULT RESULTS RETAIL TRADE ROAD ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS SANITATION SERVICE INDUSTRIES SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SUPERVISION TAXONOMIES TAXONOMY TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES USE VALUE USER USERS VALUE ADDED VALUE OF OUTPUT WEALTH WEB WORKFORCE SKILLS This paper examines the structure and performance of the services sector in Eastern European and Central Asian countries during 1997-2004. Services represent an increasing share of total value added and employment with the major sub-sectors being wholesale trade, retail trade, inland transport, telecommunications, and real estate activities. A clear divide separates EU-5 countries from South Eastern European countries and Ukraine in terms of services labor productivity. Although a large gap in productivity also separates EU-8 countries from EU-15 countries, that gap was reduced from 1997 to 2004 as most services sub-sectors experienced fast productivity growth. High skill intensive sub-sectors and information and communications technology producers and users have exhibited higher productivity levels and growth rates relative to other sub-sectors since 2000. The author finds a positive effect of services liberalization on the productivity growth of services sub-sectors. The author also finds a positive and significant effect of services liberalization in both finance and infrastructure on the productivity of downstream manufacturing. 2012-06-06T21:13:33Z 2012-06-06T21:13:33Z 2007-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/09/8331496/structure-performance-services-sector-transition-economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7345 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4357 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 Europe and Central Asia
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topic	ACCOUNTING ADVERTISING AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY AIR AIR TRANSPORT AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BACKBONE BARRIERS TO ENTRY BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING BENCHMARKS BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS CYCLE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CENTRAL ASIAN COMMODITY COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER DEMAND DATA LIMITATIONS DEFLATION DEFLATORS DEREGULATION DRIVERS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELECTRICITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT SHARE EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATES EXPORTS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SERVICES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FUEL FUND MANAGEMENT FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GLOBAL MARKETS GROSS VALUE GROWTH RATE HARDWARE HUMAN CAPITAL ICT INCOME INLAND TRANSPORT INNOVATION INSTITUTION INSURANCE INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LEGAL ENVIRONMENT MANUFACTURING MONETARY POLICIES MOTOR VEHICLES NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES PRICE LEVELS PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCT MARKET REGULATION PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTIVE FIRMS PRODUCTIVITY GAINS PRODUCTIVITY GAP PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH RATES PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PURCHASING POWER R&D REGRESSION ANALYSIS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESULT RESULTS RETAIL TRADE ROAD ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS SANITATION SERVICE INDUSTRIES SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SUPERVISION TAXONOMIES TAXONOMY TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES USE VALUE USER USERS VALUE ADDED VALUE OF OUTPUT WEALTH WEB WORKFORCE SKILLS
spellingShingle	ACCOUNTING ADVERTISING AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY AIR AIR TRANSPORT AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BACKBONE BARRIERS TO ENTRY BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING BENCHMARKS BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS CYCLE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CENTRAL ASIAN COMMODITY COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER DEMAND DATA LIMITATIONS DEFLATION DEFLATORS DEREGULATION DRIVERS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELECTRICITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT SHARE EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATES EXPORTS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SERVICES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FUEL FUND MANAGEMENT FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GLOBAL MARKETS GROSS VALUE GROWTH RATE HARDWARE HUMAN CAPITAL ICT INCOME INLAND TRANSPORT INNOVATION INSTITUTION INSURANCE INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LEGAL ENVIRONMENT MANUFACTURING MONETARY POLICIES MOTOR VEHICLES NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES PRICE LEVELS PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCT MARKET REGULATION PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTIVE FIRMS PRODUCTIVITY GAINS PRODUCTIVITY GAP PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH RATES PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PURCHASING POWER R&D REGRESSION ANALYSIS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESULT RESULTS RETAIL TRADE ROAD ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS SANITATION SERVICE INDUSTRIES SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SUPERVISION TAXONOMIES TAXONOMY TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES USE VALUE USER USERS VALUE ADDED VALUE OF OUTPUT WEALTH WEB WORKFORCE SKILLS Fernandes, Ana M. Structure and Performance of the Services Sector in Transition Economies
geographic_facet	Europe and Central Asia
relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4357
description	This paper examines the structure and performance of the services sector in Eastern European and Central Asian countries during 1997-2004. Services represent an increasing share of total value added and employment with the major sub-sectors being wholesale trade, retail trade, inland transport, telecommunications, and real estate activities. A clear divide separates EU-5 countries from South Eastern European countries and Ukraine in terms of services labor productivity. Although a large gap in productivity also separates EU-8 countries from EU-15 countries, that gap was reduced from 1997 to 2004 as most services sub-sectors experienced fast productivity growth. High skill intensive sub-sectors and information and communications technology producers and users have exhibited higher productivity levels and growth rates relative to other sub-sectors since 2000. The author finds a positive effect of services liberalization on the productivity growth of services sub-sectors. The author also finds a positive and significant effect of services liberalization in both finance and infrastructure on the productivity of downstream manufacturing.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Fernandes, Ana M.
author_facet	Fernandes, Ana M.
author_sort	Fernandes, Ana M.
title	Structure and Performance of the Services Sector in Transition Economies
title_short	Structure and Performance of the Services Sector in Transition Economies
title_full	Structure and Performance of the Services Sector in Transition Economies
title_fullStr	Structure and Performance of the Services Sector in Transition Economies
title_full_unstemmed	Structure and Performance of the Services Sector in Transition Economies
title_sort	structure and performance of the services sector in transition economies
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/09/8331496/structure-performance-services-sector-transition-economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7345
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Structure and Performance of the Services Sector in Transition Economies

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