تحليل مزد و بهره وري در صنايع ايران

The Analysis of Wages and Productivity in Iranʹs Industry (1994-2000)

The existence of relationship between wages and labor productivity has been studied at the microeconomic level, in the process industrial development, and different wage systems based on labor productivity has emerged in the process of industrial growth. In these systems, called "payment by results", aggregate or partial wages are related to individual or group efficiency. In almost all collective labor agreements "payment by results" is the main issue to be negotiated. The relationship between wages and productivity at the macroeconomic level is usually examined from economic stabilization and inflation control standpoint, as well as on the basis of the benefit gained by the labor force from productivity achievements. This paper measures labor productivity for the period of 1994- 2000 in industrial activities for the first time in Iran by estimation of "Generalized Average Labor Productivity", and analyses its relationship with wages, and also discusses its theoretical implications. The findings of the research show that for the period examined, there was a direct relationship between wages and productivity in industrial activities and the structure of such relationship in various industrial activates was essentially the same.