Measuring And Analyzing The Productivity Index And Evaluation Of Industrial Performance, Kordestan Province As A Case Study

In this research the Average productivity index of labor and capital are measured and analyzed. The growth of the total factor productivity (TFP) and its share in value added is then measured. The case under study is the industrial sector of province of Kordestan in Iran. In order to achieve this goal, based on the International classification of the commodities, (ISIC Riv, 2) and applying panel data for the period 2005 – 2011, the industrial sector is categorized into 23 groups and the productivity is measured. The findings of this research show that, the Average productivity index of labor and capital for the industry level as a whole was 3.7 and 0.70 respectively. The results of the calculation of the annual growth of total factor productivity of factor production was 3 percent, which shows a higher growth, in compare with the industrial sector of Iran, based on a number of other studies.