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<p>National income calculations may not include knowledge that directly concerns the socioeconomic stance in an economy. Knowledge plays a significant role in promoting the economic growth of a country; however, its socio-economic role has received little attention in the literature. Total factor productivity, which is the main source of long-term economic prosperity, expresses the increase in productivity in all production factors. This paper attempts to quantify the effects of total factor productivity growth on economic prosperity. The analysis is conducted for the 2007-2020 period and 18 Central Eastern Europe countries. The “Legatum Prosperity Index” is utilized in the econometric analysis, in line with the purpose of the study. Results of the study with panel ordinary least squares, panel fixed-effects, panel random effects, panel-corrected standard errors (robustness check), and system-generalized method of moments (robustness check) confirm that total factor productivity growth positively correlated with economic prosperity.</p>
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National income calculations may not include knowledge that directly concerns the socioeconomic stance in an economy. Knowledge plays a significant role in promoting the economic growth of a country; however, its socio-economic role has received little attention in the literature. Total factor productivity, which is the main source of long-term economic prosperity, expresses the increase in productivity in all production factors. This paper attempts to quantify the effects of total factor productivity growth on economic prosperity. The analysis is conducted for the 2007-2020 period and 18 Central Eastern Europe countries. The “Legatum Prosperity Index” is utilized in the econometric analysis, in line with the purpose of the study. Results of the study with panel ordinary least squares, panel fixed-effects, panel random effects, panel-corrected standard errors (robustness check), and system-generalized method of moments (robustness check) confirm that total factor productivity growth positively correlated with economic prosperity.

Does Total Factor Productivity Growth Ameliorate Socio-Economic Stance? New Findings from Central and Eastern Europe

South East European Journal of Economics and Business

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National income calculations may not include knowledge that directly concerns the socioeconomic stance in an economy. Knowledge plays a significant role in...

Does Total Factor Productivity Growth Ameliorate Socio-Economic Stance? New Findings from Central and Eastern Europe

Published Online: Jun 09, 2023

Page range: 145 - 160

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jeb-2023-0010

Keywords
total factor productivity, economic growth, economic prosperity, and panel data

© 2023 Emin Efecan Aktaş, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Does Total Factor Productivity Growth Ameliorate Socio-Economic Stance? New Findings from Central and Eastern Europe

Published Online: Jun 09, 2023

Page range: 145 - 160

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jeb-2023-0010

Keywordstotal factor productivity, economic growth, economic prosperity, and panel data

© 2023 Emin Efecan Aktaş, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
total factor productivity, economic growth, economic prosperity, and panel data