We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … accelerated. We find that human capital positively affects output per worker and productivity growth. In particular, in terms of … regional gaps in China as well as an efficient means to promote economic growth. -- China ; TFP growth ; economic growth …

We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … accelerated. We find that human capital positively affects output per worker and productivity growth. In particular, in terms of … regional gaps in China as well as an efficient means to promote economic growth. …

This paper estimates the relative multi-factor productivity (MFP) of privatized and state-owned enterprises using a …

-market participation having generally larger positive effects on productivity and negative effects on unit labor costs. All four channels …, the marginal productivity gains of foreign-ownership are greatly reduced when the firm is already an exporter. Breaking …

. Spillovers from FDI are identified by comparing changes in total factor productivity (TFP) among domestic plants in districts …

evidence on the link of productivity and both exports and foreign direct investment (fdi) in services firms from a highly … taking differences along the conditional productivity distribution and firms with extreme values, or outliers, into account …) indicate that the productivity pecking order found in numerous studies using data for firms from manufacturing industries …

We implement a method to estimate the direct effects of foreign-ownership on foreign firms' productivity and the … indirect effects (or spillovers) from the presence of foreign-owned firms on other foreign and domestic firms' productivity in … in empirical studies examining a direct causal effect of foreign ownership on firm productivity, namely that of no …