Measuring Productivity Performance by Industry in China, 1980-2005

Using the author’s recently constructed data set, this article measures the productivity performance of China’s 19 manufacturing industries, four mining industries, plus utilities, over the reform period 1980-2005. The approach is based on neoclassical assumptions on institutional settings and behav...

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Main Author: Harry X. Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre for the Study of Living Standards 2007-09-01
Series:International Productivity Monitor
Subjects:
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Online Access:http://www.csls.ca/ipm/15/IPM-15-wu-e.pdf