Does the impact of the foreign direct investment on labor productivity change depending on productive capacity?

SK Saha - Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2024 - Springer
The study employs system GMM to derive the benchmark impact of foreign direct investment
(FDI) on labor productivity (LP) as well as the interactive effects of FDI and productive …

[PDF][PDF] Influence of treatments on the mechanical and thermal properties of sugar palm fibre reinforced phenolic composites

B Rashid, Z Leman, M Jawaid, MJ Ghazali… - …, 2017 - researchgate.net
Sugar palm fibre (SPF) was used to prepare composites with phenolic resin. The SPF
underwent treatment with either sea water for 30 d or a 0.5% alkaline solution for 4 h. The …

The impact of the change in institutional regulation on construction productivity: firm-level evidence in a developing economy

MA Azman, NN Chuweni, F Muhamad Halil… - Construction …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
For many, the business environment is regarded as the main factor determining changes in
construction productivity. However, changes in a country's institutional regulation can …

The Effect of foreign direct investment on structural change in developing countries: an examination of the labor productivity dimension

E Emako, S Nuru, M Menza - Cogent Business & Management, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Developing countries require overall labor productivity to sustain their economic growth.
Overall labor productivity, on the other hand, cannot be achieved without structural change …

Magnetic macro drivers of labor efficiency: a study of high and low trade open economies

S Suleman, S Bibi, M Azam, HM Thas Thaker… - International Journal of …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This research aims to systematically compare the impact of macro drivers on labor
efficiency (LEFF) in high and low trade openness economies, employing the Solow model …

Impact of foreign workers on labour productivity: analysis of firm level data

R Ismail - International Journal of Productivity and Quality …, 2015 - inderscienceonline.com
The majority of foreign workers in Malaysia are unskilled and more than half come from
Indonesia. Nowadays, labour productivity is the main concern of firms in a bid to reduce the …

[PDF][PDF] An analysis of labor and capital productivity in the Malaysian timber sector

J Ratnasingam, CK Ark, S Mohamed, LC Liat… - …, 2017 - researchgate.net
The remarkable transformation of the Malaysian timber sector from a net-importer to a multi-
billion-dollar export-oriented sector has become a success model for many other resource …

Disparitas, konvergensi, dan determinan produktivitas tenaga kerja regional di Indonesia

AF Yuniasih, M Firdaus, I Fahmi - Jurnal Ekonomi Dan …, 2013 - scholarhub.ui.ac.id
Indonesia masih mengalami masalah terkait dengan disparitas perekonomian regional,
termasuk dalam hal produktivitas tenaga kerja. Studi ini menggunakan pendekatan panel …

Industrialization and Convergence of West Java Manufacturing Labor Productivity, Indonesia

NF Nasution, KT Wahyuni - JEJAK: Jurnal Ekonomi dan …, 2022 - journal.unnes.ac.id
West Java as a national manufacturing center has experienced industrialization since 1989.
This is marked by the continuous increase in the manufacturing sector so that it is able to …

Output growth of the Malaysia's manufacturing sector–do foreign workers matter?

A Awad, I Yussof, N Khalid - Journal of Economic Studies, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of migrant workers on the output
growth of 15 sub-industries of the manufacturing sector in Malaysia during the period 1990 …