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Sectoral productivity and regional disparities in China,1978 - 2006/ created by Kiril Tochkov and Wenting Yu

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Comparative economic studies ; Volume 55, number 4Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISSN:
  • 08887233
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HB90 COM
Online resources: Abstract: This paper examines labor productivity growth in the three main sectors in China in the context of regional convergence by employing a novel methodology and new sectoral data over the period 1978–2006. The results show that all sectors experienced major shifts in productivity but with different patterns. In agriculture and services, the uniform distribution has given way to a bimodal one. The secondary sector exhibits less polarization across regions despite higher mobility. Research and development (R&D) spending, human capital, and infrastructure are found to amplify regional divergence, while physical capital and foreign trade are identified as the key drivers of convergence.
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Journal Article Journal Article Main Library - Special Collections HB90 COM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Vol. 55, no.4 (pages 582-605) SP17886 Not for loan For In House Use Only

This paper examines labor productivity growth in the three main sectors in China in the context of regional convergence by employing a novel methodology and new sectoral data over the period 1978–2006. The results show that all sectors experienced major shifts in productivity but with different patterns. In agriculture and services, the uniform distribution has given way to a bimodal one. The secondary sector exhibits less polarization across regions despite higher mobility. Research and development (R&D) spending, human capital, and infrastructure are found to amplify regional divergence, while physical capital and foreign trade are identified as the key drivers of convergence.

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