A Study on Production Cost in the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector

马来西亚制造业生产成本研究

• 批准号: 22530297
• 负责人: KODAMA Masahiro
• 金额: $ 1.16万
• 依托单位: Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization
• 依托单位国家: 日本
• 项目类别: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 日本
• 起止时间: 2010 至 2012
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-22530297/
• 关键词: 経済発展; 生産性; 生産関数; マレーシア; 開発途上国; 生産関数推定; 企業; 技術進歩

One of the most important economic issues that Malaysia now faces is the problem of how to sustain economic growth. In particular, high labor wages are considered to be a major negative factor for economic growth sustainability. The Malaysian economy grew quickly by taking advantage of low-wage labor. Given the current state of high wages in comparison with less developed countries in Asia, the sustainability of growth is a major concern; FDI companies have moved out of Malaysia to avoid high production costs. From the viewpoint of productivity and production costs, I analyze whether Malaysia is competitive in comparison with less developed countries in Asia.The econometric analysis suggests that the advantage of electronic and electrical companies in Malaysia is, in the viewpoint of labor, decreasing, when comparing those in 2001 and 2009. This result implies leading industry's competitiveness of Malaysia is becoming weak. Furthermore, the empirical analysis cannot reject the possibility that Malaysia is caught in the so-called Middle Income Trap.

马来西亚目前面临的最重要的经济问题之一是如何维持经济增长。特别是，劳动力工资高被认为是经济增长可持续性的一个主要负面因素。马来西亚经济通过利用低薪劳动力实现了快速增长。鉴于目前与亚洲欠发达国家相比工资较高的状况，增长的可持续性是一个主要问题；外国直接投资公司已迁出马来西亚，以避免高昂的生产成本。本文从生产率和生产成本的角度分析了马来西亚与亚洲欠发达国家相比是否具有竞争力。计量分析表明，与2001年和2009年相比，马来西亚电子电气公司在劳动力方面的优势正在减弱。这一结果意味着马来西亚主导产业的竞争力正在减弱。此外，实证分析不能排除马来西亚陷入所谓的中等收入陷阱的可能性。

项目成果

樹神昌弘,「マレーシア工業における生産性と生産コスト」アジア経済研究所・調査研究課題報告書(査読無)

Masahiro Jugami，“马来西亚工业的生产力和生产成本”发展中经济研究所，研究项目报告（未经同行评审）