Good Business Practices Improve Productivity in Myanmar’s Manufacturing Sector
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We investigate the relationship between business practices and enterprise productivity using panel data with matched employer and employee information from Myanmar. The data show that micro, small, and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in Myanmar typically adopt only a few modern business practices, and the persistence in the use is extremely low. Even so, we find a positive and economically important association between business practices and productivity. Specifically, the empirical results show that a one standard deviation difference in applied business practices (equivalent to applying an additional 4 to 5 of the 20 business practices in focus) is associated with an 8–10 per cent difference in labour productivity. Utilising the employer–employee information to estimate Mincer-type wage regressions, we find that workers receive about half to two-thirds of the productivity gain in higher wages. Overall, our findings support the notion of business practices as a production technology, and we find that workers and managers split the productivity gains evenly.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Development Studies |
Volume | 59 |
Issue number | 8 |
Pages (from-to) | 1258-1282 |
Number of pages | 25 |
ISSN | 0022-0388 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2023 |
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- Business practices, management, MSME, Myanmar, productivity
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