Abstract:This paper discusses productive efficiency of a sample of firms using World Bank data from a sample of 179 Eritrean manufacturing firms. The results of the estimation of the technical efficiency model shows Eritrean manufacturing firms ingeneral are inefficient. The study further investigated firms’ efficiency by nature of ownership, age of firm, experience of the entrepreneur and managers’ education. Both labour and capital are more productive under sole proprietorships or partnerships than incorporated firms… Show more
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