China Productivity: Labor Productivity by Ownership Type
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Authors:
David Hoffman
Harry Wu
Xiaoqin Li -
Publication Date:
March 2012 -
Report Number:
CP_V2N1
This report measures China’s industry productivity by ownership type, comparing state-owned enterprises to privately owned domestic firms, foreign-invested firms, and smaller firms for the period of 1995-2009. Because of China’s recent practice of government-supported capital expansion, ownership matters, with preferences given to state-owned enterprises. Thus measuring productivity by ownership type yields insights into the effects of policy on different firms in the same industry.