The Relationship between Productivity and Output in the Turkish Manufacturing Industry:Verdoorn Law

Year 2016, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 81 - 91, 01.05.2016

Zehra Abdioğlu , Rahmi Yamak

Abstract

In this study, the relationship between output and productivity was tested for nine sub-sectors of Turkish manufacturing industry in the context of the static and the dynamic analysis for the period of 2005:01-2016:01. According to the results, Verdoorn law is valid only for the manufacture sector of tobacco products among nine sectors in Turkey

Keywords

Verdoorn Law, Kaldor Law, Productivity, Growth.

Türk İmalat Sanayinde Sektörler Bazında Verimlilik Çıktı İlişkisi: Verdoorn Yasası

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, Türkiye imalat sanayisinin dokuz alt sektörü bazında, çıktı ile verimlilik arasındaki ilişki 2005:01-2016:01 dönemi itibariyle statik ve dinamik analiz çerçevesinde test edilmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre, Türkiye’de dokuz sektörden sadece tütün ürünleri imalatı için Verdoorn yasası geçerlidir.

Keywords

Verdoorn Yasası, Kaldor Yasası, Verimlilik, Büyüme

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