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2023
- ISIDORE Id: 10670/1.7236b2...
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- doi: 10.1080/00036846.2023.2208845
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Construction sector Production function Labor productivity Total factor productivity Regulation and business lawSujets proches
Construction Architectural engineering Construction Buildings--Design and construction Engineering, Architectural Western architecture (Western countries) Building design Construction Buildings--Design and construction Architecture, Western (Western countries)Citer ce document
Abdoulaye Kane et al., « Productivity and Regulation in the Construction Sector: Evidence for OECD Countries », HALSHS : archive ouverte en Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société, ID : 10.1080/00036846.2023.2208845
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Labor productivity growth in the construction sector has been very weak in recent decades in most OECD countries. This paper addresses this issue based on a panel of 23 countries over the period 1995-2015. First, we use the Ackerberg, Caves, and Frazer (2015) method to propose a multifactor explanation for this lack of productivity growth: (i) average TFP growth is close to zero and even negative for most countries; (ii) average contributions to growth of capital and intermediate inputs are positive but weak, respectively of 0.05% and 0.90% per year, and much smaller than in the manufacturing sector over the same period (respectively of 0.40% and 3.10% per year). Then, we investigate whether reforms of regulations specific to the construction sector might boost productivity there. Using regulation indicators from the "Doing Business Report", we find a negative impact of these regulations on TFP, but not on the intensities of capital and intermediate inputs. Our results suggest that reducing the construction sector regulations might bolster productivity: a switch to the lightest regulations would lead to a long-term TFP increase of 6% on average.
