Using the ARDL methodology to measure labor productivity in the Syrian services sector and its determinants

Abstract

This research dealt with an analysis of the reality of labor productivity in the services sector in the Syrian Arab Republic during the period (1985-2010), and an estimate of the most influential factors in the level of this productivity using modern economic measurement methods represented by the ARDL methodology, with the aim of using these estimates in developing appropriate policies and plans Especially in the next stage of construction, reconstruction and development to raise the level of labor productivity in the Syrian economy in general and in the services sector in particular.

The study found that there is a long-term balance relationship between labor productivity in the Syrian services sector and its determinants under study by estimating two models; The contribution of material capital, openness and education in its two indicators (average number of years of study and ratio of spending on education to gross domestic product in a positive and effective manner in the labor productivity function in the studied sector) appeared, while the effect of foreign direct investment in this function was negative and significant.