Nadia Al-Mussallam

Publications (2)0 Total impact

• Article: Productivity in manufacturing industries in Kuwait

  Nadeem A. Burney, Othman E. Mohammed, Nadia Al-Mussallam
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  ABSTRACT: This paper examines productivity in manufacturing industries in Kuwait. In particular, labor productivity for each of the industry is estimated and a general reduced-form single equation model is estimated to explain changes in productivity over time. The explanatory factors taken into consideration are quality of labor, capital intensity, acquisition of technology, learning experience, and internal competition. The evidence shows that labor productivity in the industries is positively linked to quality of labor, learning experience, private ownership, and exposure to international markets. Capital intensity, acquisition of technology, and size of the industry are found to have no impact on productivity.
  Economia Internazionale / International Economics. 01/2006; 59(1):1-16.
• Article: Wagner’s law and public expenditure growth in Kuwait

  Nadeem A. Burney, Nadia Al-Mussallam
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  ABSTRACT: This paper examines the relationship between public expenditure and a number of socio-economic variables, including the level of income, in Kuwait. The paper derives a general form of the public expenditure function, which is estimated using the ordinary least squares method. Given the characteristics of the economy, alternative measures for each variable are used. The analysis in the paper is based on time-series data covering the period 1969/70-94/95. The findings do not lend support to the validity of Wagner’s law in Kuwait. Some of the main factors that were found to have contributed to the growth in public expenditure are the economic structure, the degree of economic openness and financial development.
  OPEC Review 12/2002; 23(2):139 - 171.