What drives productivity in Tanzanian manufacturing firms: technology or institutions?

Goedhuys, Micheline, Janz, Norbert and Mohnen, Pierre (2006). What drives productivity in Tanzanian manufacturing firms: technology or institutions?. UNU-MERIT.

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  • Author Goedhuys, Micheline
    Janz, Norbert
    Mohnen, Pierre
    Title What drives productivity in Tanzanian manufacturing firms: technology or institutions?
    Publication Date 2006
    Publisher UNU-MERIT
    Abstract Using the rich micro data set of the World Bank Investment Climate Survey, this paper examines the determinants of productivity among manufacturing firms in the context of a least developed country, Tanzania. In particular it seeks to evaluate the importance of technological variables - such as R&D, education and training, innovation, foreign ownership, licensing and ISO certification - and institutional variables – such as access to credit, health of the workforce, regulation and business support services. Among the technological variables, R&D, and innovations in the form of new products or processes fail to produce any significant impact, and only foreign ownership, ISO certification and high education of the management appear to affect productivity. Some of the institutional variables on the contrary are highly significant and robust to different specifications of the model. As such, formal credit constraints, administrative burdens related to regulations and a lack of business support services seem to depress productivity, while membership of a business association produces the opposite effect. The results of a quantile regression further indicate that the educational level of the managers and access to formal credit are significant for the less productive firms only, whereas for the more productive firms it is having an ISO certification or being a member of a business association that are the significant determinants. JEL-Classification: O12, D24, C21,
    Keyword Development
    Productivity
    Innovation
    Institutions
    Copyright Holder UNU-MERIT
    Copyright Year 2006
    ISSN 1871-9872
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