قياس أثر النمو الزراعي على النمو الاقتصادي بالجزائر خلال الفترة 1990-2019

Abstract EN

This paper aims to examine the relationship between the following independent variables: Growth rate of the added value of the agricultural sector, Productivity of workers in the agricultural sector, Trade openness, Government subsidies to the agricultural sector, and the dependent variable represented by the annual growth rate of GDP per capita as an indicator of the economic growth in Algeria during the period 1990 -2019, by using the co-integration approach and the vector error correction model (VECM).

The results indicated that there is a negative impact on agricultural subsidies on economic growth in the long-run, Contrary to the findings of many previous studies, because agricultural subsidies in Algeria are directed to agricultural investment and import of agricultural inputs, and are not directed to the income of agricultural workers.

The results also indicated a positive impact for the following variables: worker productivity in the agricultural sector, the growth rate of added value in the agricultural sector and trade openness on economic growth in the long term.

These results are consistent with theoretical analysis and most of the previous studies that proved the signifiant relationship between agricultural productivity, Growth of the agricultural sector and economic growth in economies that are undergoing structural transformations.