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Output and Employment Generated in the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector: An Input-Output Analysis

This study was conducted to examine the effects of export changes on the output and employment in the manufacturing sector. Specifically, this study aimed to (1) measure the level of output generated due to changes in export to ASEAN 4;(2) estimate the level of employment generated due to changes i...

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Main Authors: Mohd Khairul Hisyam, Hassan, Baharom, A.H, Khairunnisa, Abd Azis
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Published: Global Strategic Management, Inc. 2010
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HD28 Management. Industrial Management
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spelling my.unimas.ir.175012022-03-21T03:59:45Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17501/ Output and Employment Generated in the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector: An Input-Output Analysis Mohd Khairul Hisyam, Hassan Baharom, A.H Khairunnisa, Abd Azis HD28 Management. Industrial Management This study was conducted to examine the effects of export changes on the output and employment in the manufacturing sector. Specifically, this study aimed to (1) measure the level of output generated due to changes in export to ASEAN 4;(2) estimate the level of employment generated due to changes in export to ASEAN 4.(3) analyze which country among ASEAN 4, namely Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Singapore is the most important destination of Malaysian manufacturing exports.The period of study covers the time period 2000-2004. We employed the Input Output (IO) method since structural analysis deals with economic systems as defined by the set of industries and the relationships between them. However, multi-sectoral models are often limited: when studying economic systems empirically it is difficult to distinguish a priori the subset of basic or important relationships between industries. There are positive relationship for manufacturing export and output and employment. Export increased rapidly within this five years leading to output and employment growth of 23% and 37% respectively. Analysis in 2004 showed that spending of every RM1 of export to Indonesia generated output of RM1.28, while RM 1.26 was generated by Philippines, RM 1.25 by Thailand and RM1.23 by Singapore. Global Strategic Management, Inc. 2010 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17501/1/Output%20and%20Employment.pdf Mohd Khairul Hisyam, Hassan and Baharom, A.H and Khairunnisa, Abd Azis (2010) Output and Employment Generated in the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector: An Input-Output Analysis. International Journal of Global Business, 3 (1). pp. 20-42. ISSN 2151-7541 http://www.gsmi-ijgb.com
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topic HD28 Management. Industrial Management
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Mohd Khairul Hisyam, Hassan
Baharom, A.H
Khairunnisa, Abd Azis
Output and Employment Generated in the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector: An Input-Output Analysis
description This study was conducted to examine the effects of export changes on the output and employment in the manufacturing sector. Specifically, this study aimed to (1) measure the level of output generated due to changes in export to ASEAN 4;(2) estimate the level of employment generated due to changes in export to ASEAN 4.(3) analyze which country among ASEAN 4, namely Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Singapore is the most important destination of Malaysian manufacturing exports.The period of study covers the time period 2000-2004. We employed the Input Output (IO) method since structural analysis deals with economic systems as defined by the set of industries and the relationships between them. However, multi-sectoral models are often limited: when studying economic systems empirically it is difficult to distinguish a priori the subset of basic or important relationships between industries. There are positive relationship for manufacturing export and output and employment. Export increased rapidly within this five years leading to output and employment growth of 23% and 37% respectively. Analysis in 2004 showed that spending of every RM1 of export to Indonesia generated output of RM1.28, while RM 1.26 was generated by Philippines, RM 1.25 by Thailand and RM1.23 by Singapore.
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author Mohd Khairul Hisyam, Hassan
Baharom, A.H
Khairunnisa, Abd Azis
author_facet Mohd Khairul Hisyam, Hassan
Baharom, A.H
Khairunnisa, Abd Azis
author_sort Mohd Khairul Hisyam, Hassan
title Output and Employment Generated in the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector: An Input-Output Analysis
title_short Output and Employment Generated in the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector: An Input-Output Analysis
title_full Output and Employment Generated in the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector: An Input-Output Analysis
title_fullStr Output and Employment Generated in the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector: An Input-Output Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Output and Employment Generated in the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector: An Input-Output Analysis
title_sort output and employment generated in the malaysian manufacturing sector: an input-output analysis
publisher Global Strategic Management, Inc.
publishDate 2010
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17501/1/Output%20and%20Employment.pdf
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