Technological change and labour productivity growth in non-manufacturing sectors: Telecommunications services and mining

Thus far the discussion has addressed whether the Latin American manufacturing sector managed to close the relative labour productivity gap with the international productivity frontier in the last three decades, in particular after the market-oriented structural reforms were introduced in the 1990s. This chapter shows that many of the processes that took place in the region’s industrial sectors extend to non-manufacturing fields as well, including telecommunications and mining. The acceleration in the growth rate of labour productivity in the 1990s and the gradual closing of the relative labour productivity gap with the international technological frontier were, in fact, more system-wide phenomena affecting many other production activities beyond industry itself.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions