This paper provides an analysis of productivity growth and structural change of the Chinese economy for the period 1995-2009 based on the Subsystems approach. The approach allows a disaggregated analysis without losing sight of sectoral inter-dependences. We observe, in a clearer way, the transition in China from the development phase based on agriculture and 'light' industry to the phase based on 'heavy' industry and technology-intensive industry and services. We find that best performing subsystems where targeted by industrial policy for promotion. Although there is not a clear pattern, the main source of productivity growth across subsystems was direct labor savings. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Brondino, G., Productivity growth and structural change in China (1995–2009): A subsystems analysis, <<STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS>>, 2019; 49 (N/A): 183-191. [doi:10.1016/j.strueco.2018.09.001] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/203410]
Productivity growth and structural change in China (1995–2009): A subsystems analysis
Brondino, Gabriel
2019
Abstract
This paper provides an analysis of productivity growth and structural change of the Chinese economy for the period 1995-2009 based on the Subsystems approach. The approach allows a disaggregated analysis without losing sight of sectoral inter-dependences. We observe, in a clearer way, the transition in China from the development phase based on agriculture and 'light' industry to the phase based on 'heavy' industry and technology-intensive industry and services. We find that best performing subsystems where targeted by industrial policy for promotion. Although there is not a clear pattern, the main source of productivity growth across subsystems was direct labor savings. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.