Productivity Growth in Chinese Medical Institutions during 2009–2018

Decomposing Productivity Growth in Chinese Manufacturing

Exports, Technical Progress and Productivity Growth in Chinese Manufacturing Industries

Theories suggesting either static or dynamic productivity gains derived from exports often assume the prior existence of a perfect market. In the presence of market failure, however, the competition effect and the resource reallocation effect of exports on productive efficiency may be greatly reduced; and there may actually be disincentives for innovation. This paper analyses the impact of expo...

Do institutions not matter in China? Evidence from enterprise- level productivity growth

This study addresses the apparent puzzle that China achieved sustained and rapid economic growth despite weak institutions. From a World Bank survey of 1,616 manufacturing enterprises in 18 cities, we extracted two measures of institutional quality: property rights protection (share of government officials oriented toward helping rather than hindering business), and contract enforcement (likeli...

THRESHOLD EFFECTS IN THE OPENNESS-PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH RELATIONSHIP: THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS AND NATURAL BARRIERS By

Moving Off the Farm: Land Institutions to Facilitate Structural Transformation and Agricultural Productivity Growth in China

— Agriculture made major contributions to China’s growth and poverty reduction, but the literature has rarely focused on the institutional factors that might underpin such structural transformation and productivity. Drawing on an 8-year panel of 1,200 households in six provinces, we find that land tenure insecurity, measured by past land reallocations, discourages households from quitting agric...