Geçiş Ekonomilerinde ve Türki Cumhuriyetlerde Özelleştirmenin Emek Verimliliği Üzerindeki Etkisi

Year 2018, Issue: 85, 257 - 281, 30.04.2018

Rasim Yılmaz , Julide Yalçınkaya Koyuncu

Abstract

Bu makalede çeşitli özelleştirme göstergeleri ile emek verimliliği
arasındaki ilişki incelenmiştir. 1989-2008 yıllarını ve 19 geçiş ekonomisini kapsayan panel veri seti, üç emek verimliliği göstergesi ve
altı özelleştirme göstergesi kullanmak suretiyle, geçiş ekonomilerinde
özelleştirmenin verimliliğin artmasına katkı sağladığı hipotezi test
edilmiştir. Özelleştirme ve emek verimliliği arasında pozitif korelasyon tespit edilmiştir. Araştırma sonuçları, özelleştirmenin geçiş ekonomilerinde verimliliği artırdığına işaret etmektedir. Sonuçlar ayrıca,
özel sektörün gelişiminin yeni özel firmaların piyasaya girmesinden
ziyade devlete ait firmaların özelleştirmesiyle yoluyla sağlandığı durumun emek verimliliğini olumlu etkileyeceğini göstermektedir.

Keywords

Emek Verimliliği, Özelleştirme, Etkinlik, Geçiş Ekonomileri, Türki Cumhuriyetler

The Impact of Privatization on Labor Productivity in Transition Economies and the Turkic Republics

Abstract

We examine the relationship between various indicators of privatization and labor productivity. By exploiting a panel data set covering
the years between 1989 and 2008 and 19 transition economies and
using three labor productivity and six privatization indicators, we test
the hypothesis that privatization contributes to increase in productivity in transition economies. We identified a statistically significant
positive correlation between privatization and labor productivity.
Our results suggest that privatization positively affects productivity
in transition economies. The results also suggest that private sector
development has a positive impact on labor productivity through
privatization of state-owned firms rather than the entry of new private firms.

Keywords

Labor Productivity, Privatization, Efficiency, Transition Economies, the Turkic Republics

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