An Application Of Kaldor’s Growth Laws In South East Asia: A Time Series Cross Section Analysis

This study revisits Kaldor’s growth laws and provides some empirical views of the sources of South East Asian growth for the last 30 years. In particular, the results suggest that manufacturing output growth is prominent in influencing the total output growth as compared to other sectors in the pro...

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Main Authors: Hamri, Tuah, Shazali, Abu Mansor
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Language:English
Published: UMS 2004
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Shazali, Abu Mansor
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description This study revisits Kaldor’s growth laws and provides some empirical views of the sources of South East Asian growth for the last 30 years. In particular, the results suggest that manufacturing output growth is prominent in influencing the total output growth as compared to other sectors in the process of growth and development in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Besides, it is found that the growth of the manufacturing sector will lead to the transference of labour from other sectors in the economy which raises productivity in these sectors. However, the agricultural and service sectors do not offer the same scope for the division of labour and specialisation within the sectors themselves. Various factors have been postulated as factors manufacturing output growth. It is suggested in this study that the governments of South East Asian should encourage the transfer of resources from agriculture to industry in order to move into higher stage of growth and development.
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spelling unimas-185592017-11-28T03:44:28Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/18559/ An Application Of Kaldor’s Growth Laws In South East Asia: A Time Series Cross Section Analysis Hamri, Tuah Shazali, Abu Mansor HB Economic Theory This study revisits Kaldor’s growth laws and provides some empirical views of the sources of South East Asian growth for the last 30 years. In particular, the results suggest that manufacturing output growth is prominent in influencing the total output growth as compared to other sectors in the process of growth and development in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Besides, it is found that the growth of the manufacturing sector will lead to the transference of labour from other sectors in the economy which raises productivity in these sectors. However, the agricultural and service sectors do not offer the same scope for the division of labour and specialisation within the sectors themselves. Various factors have been postulated as factors manufacturing output growth. It is suggested in this study that the governments of South East Asian should encourage the transfer of resources from agriculture to industry in order to move into higher stage of growth and development. UMS 2004 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/18559/7/AN%20APPLICATION%20OF%20KALDOR%E2%80%99S%20GROWTH%20LAWS%20%28abstract%29.pdf Hamri, Tuah and Shazali, Abu Mansor (2004) An Application Of Kaldor’s Growth Laws In South East Asia: A Time Series Cross Section Analysis. Labuan Bulletin of International Business & Finance 2, 2 (2). pp. 147-166. ISSN 1675-7262 http://wwwkal.ums.edu.my/lbibf/
spellingShingle HB Economic Theory
Hamri, Tuah
Shazali, Abu Mansor
An Application Of Kaldor’s Growth Laws In South East Asia: A Time Series Cross Section Analysis
title An Application Of Kaldor’s Growth Laws In South East Asia: A Time Series Cross Section Analysis
title_full An Application Of Kaldor’s Growth Laws In South East Asia: A Time Series Cross Section Analysis
title_fullStr An Application Of Kaldor’s Growth Laws In South East Asia: A Time Series Cross Section Analysis
title_full_unstemmed An Application Of Kaldor’s Growth Laws In South East Asia: A Time Series Cross Section Analysis
title_short An Application Of Kaldor’s Growth Laws In South East Asia: A Time Series Cross Section Analysis
title_sort application of kaldor’s growth laws in south east asia: a time series cross section analysis
topic HB Economic Theory
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/18559/
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