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INDUSTRIAL AND AGGREGATE MEASURES OF PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN CHINA, 1982–2000
Article first published online: 22 JUN 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2009.00328.x
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Review of Income and Wealth
Special Issue: Experiences and Challenges in Measuring National Income and Wealth in Transition Economies
Volume 55, Issue Supplement s1, pages 485–513, July 2009
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Cao, J., Ho, M. S., Jorgenson, D. W., Ren, R., Sun, L. and Yue, X. (2009), INDUSTRIAL AND AGGREGATE MEASURES OF PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN CHINA, 1982–2000. Review of Income and Wealth, 55: 485–513. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2009.00328.x
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- Issue published online: 22 JUN 2009
- Article first published online: 22 JUN 2009
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We estimate productivity growth for 33 industries covering the entire Chinese economy using a time series of input–output tables covering 1982–2000. Capital input is measured using detailed investment data by asset and labor input uses demographic information from household surveys. We find a wide range of productivity performance at the industry level. We then show how these industry growth accounts may be consistently aggregated to deliver a decomposition of aggregate GDP growth. For the 1982–2000 period aggregate TFP growth was 2.5 percent per year; decelerating from a rapid rate in the early 1980s to negative growth during 1994–2000. The main source of growth during the 1982–2000 period was capital accumulation, with a small negative contribution from the reallocation of factors across industries.