Measuring technical efficiency in Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector: a two-stage DEA Tobit approach
| dc.contributor.advisor | Conradie, Beatrice | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dube, Rebecca | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-06T09:01:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-08-06T09:01:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2021-08-06T07:55:42Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper measures and explains efficiency of firms in Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector. The paper uses a panel of 166 firms from 6 subsectors of the manufacturing sector in the financial year 2014. The Data envelopment analysis program is used to measure efficiency and identify its determinants. Exporting, labour quality, size and firm age were found to enhance productivity. Efficiency was found to significantly vary with location with firms in Bulawayo being more efficient. This paper found no evidence of a relationship between foreign ownership and manufacturing productivity in Zimbabwe. By identifying factors that affect efficiency as well as measuring their impact on manufacturing efficiency this paper answers the bigger policy question: how to reindustrialise Zimbabwe following two decades of economic recession. Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector exhibits strong backward and forward linkages with other sectors of the economy. These interlinkages make manufacturing sector productivity growth relevant to the resuscitation and growth of the economy. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Dube, R. (2021). <i>Measuring technical efficiency in Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector: a two-stage DEA Tobit approach</i>. (). ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33719 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Dube, Rebecca. <i>"Measuring technical efficiency in Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector: a two-stage DEA Tobit approach."</i> ., ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33719 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Dube, R. 2021. Measuring technical efficiency in Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector: a two-stage DEA Tobit approach. . ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33719 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Master Thesis AU - Dube, Rebecca AB - This paper measures and explains efficiency of firms in Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector. The paper uses a panel of 166 firms from 6 subsectors of the manufacturing sector in the financial year 2014. The Data envelopment analysis program is used to measure efficiency and identify its determinants. Exporting, labour quality, size and firm age were found to enhance productivity. Efficiency was found to significantly vary with location with firms in Bulawayo being more efficient. This paper found no evidence of a relationship between foreign ownership and manufacturing productivity in Zimbabwe. By identifying factors that affect efficiency as well as measuring their impact on manufacturing efficiency this paper answers the bigger policy question: how to reindustrialise Zimbabwe following two decades of economic recession. Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector exhibits strong backward and forward linkages with other sectors of the economy. These interlinkages make manufacturing sector productivity growth relevant to the resuscitation and growth of the economy. DA - 2021_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Economics LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2021 T1 - Measuring technical efficiency in Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector: a two-stage DEA Tobit approach TI - Measuring technical efficiency in Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector: a two-stage DEA Tobit approach UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33719 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33719 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Dube R. Measuring technical efficiency in Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector: a two-stage DEA Tobit approach. []. ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2021 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33719 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | School of Economics | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Commerce | |
| dc.subject | Economics | |
| dc.title | Measuring technical efficiency in Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector: a two-stage DEA Tobit approach | |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | MCom |