The Dynamics of Provincial Growth in China: A Nonparametric Approach
IMF Working Papers, February 1, 2006
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- Authors: Bulent Unel, Harm Zebregs
- Published: February 1, 2006
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451863154.001
Summary
- Authors: Bulent Unel, Harm Zebregs
- Publication date: February 1, 2006
- Series: Working Paper No. 2006/055
- Issue: 055
- Pages: 24
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451863154.001
- ISBN: 9781451863154
- ISSN: 1018-5941
- Core finding: China's extraordinary growth since 1978 has been associated with increasing regional income disparity. Using a recently developed nonparametric approach, the paper analyzes variation in labor productivity growth across China's provinces and decomposes labor productivity into capital deepening, efficiency gains, and technological progress.
Methodology
- Approach: A recently developed nonparametric approach that imposes less structure on the data than the standard growth accounting framework.
- Decomposition: Labor productivity is broken down into:
- capital deepening,
- efficiency gains,
- technological progress.
Key Findings
- Convergence results:
- No strong evidence of convergence in labor productivity across China's provinces during 1978-98.
- Provinces converged in efficiency levels.
- Provinces diverged in capital deepening and technological progress.
- Subject areas: Capital productivity, Labor productivity, Productivity, Technological innovation, Technology.
- Keywords: capital deepening, WP
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- Stock No.: WPIEA2006055
Source: IMF Working Paper — “The Dynamics of Provincial Growth in China: A Nonparametric Approach” (Bulent Unel, Harm Zebregs, February 1, 2006).