Labor Productivity of Services Sector in Malaysia: Analysis Using Input-Output Approach

Productivity reflects the ability of an organization or country to generate higher income or value-added. As Malaysia is taking a rigorous step to become an advanced country with high-income status by 2020, it is crucial to have high productivity in the production processes. Due to the high share of...

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Main Authors: Kamarudin, N (Author), Rani, RM (Author), Sauian, MS (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Online Access:View Fulltext in Publisher
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520 3 |a Productivity reflects the ability of an organization or country to generate higher income or value-added. As Malaysia is taking a rigorous step to become an advanced country with high-income status by 2020, it is crucial to have high productivity in the production processes. Due to the high share of the transportation, communication and financial sub-sectors to the overall economy, they are considered as the stimulants to the overall growth. This paper attempts to determine the labor productivity of these three sub-sectors using the input-output analysis approach. The methodological setting is the utilization of the "labor coefficients" calculated from input-output tables of Malaysia for the years 2000 and 2005 as well as through surveys of related sub-sectors in 2012. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. 
700 1 0 |a Kamarudin, N  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Rani, RM  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Sauian, MS  |e author