Growth Accounting
Nafise Mosayebi Otaghsara; Zahra Mila Elmi; Saeed Rasekhi
Abstract
The main objective of this research is to examine the growth of green productivity in the industry and transportation sectors of Iran (as influential sectors of the country) during the period of 2001-2019 and compare it with the conventional productivity index, which has been the criterion that considered ...
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The main objective of this research is to examine the growth of green productivity in the industry and transportation sectors of Iran (as influential sectors of the country) during the period of 2001-2019 and compare it with the conventional productivity index, which has been the criterion that considered in policy-making decisions in the country for several decades. Although in the framework of conventional productivity theories, green productivity indices generally have higher growth rates compared to conventional ones, many other studies have also shown that green productivity can also grow at a lower rate than conventional productivity. The results of extended growth accounting along with using seemingly unrelated regressions method for calculating the green productivity of two industry and transportation sectors of Iran show that the growth of this index is 2.11% for the industrial sector and -5.8% for the transportation sector, and compared to the conventional method, it was found that the growth of conventional productivity measure for the industry sector is underestimated for 0.7% and for the transportation sector, it is overestimated for 6.76%. Based on the results obtained, the policy recommendation of this research is to transform the adoption of an economic growth strategy focused on green productivity from a choice to a necessity, in order to prevent the creation of misleading ideas about growth prospects and, consequently, prevent the selection of inappropriate policy options by officials, especially in the transportation sector.
ZahraMila Elmi; Kheizaran Roostaei Shalmani
Volume 4, Issue 14 , May 2014, , Pages 28-11
Abstract
Economic literature has shown significant attention towards the economical analysis of female participation rate since Mincer (1992) and Cain (1966). In the recent years, female participation rate increased considerably in the developed countries, while this rate had a little change in developing countries ...
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Economic literature has shown significant attention towards the economical analysis of female participation rate since Mincer (1992) and Cain (1966). In the recent years, female participation rate increased considerably in the developed countries, while this rate had a little change in developing countries of Middle East and North of Africa like Iran. Hence, this study discusses the effects of economic development on female labor force participation rates in selected countries in MENA region in 1990-2010 within the framework of U-shaped hypothesis. In addition to the effects of economic development, other determinants of female labor force participation are also analyzed. To achieve this goal, the method of Fractional Panel Probit is used. In our best knowledge, this method is used for the first time for this issue. The estimation results suggest that relationship between economic development and the rate of female participation in MENA is U-shaped. Also, higher education has a significant and positive effect on the female participation rate. Unemployment and fertility rate reduce female participation rate in the labor market.
