, economic growth in China must transform from an inputs-driven pattern, to a productivity-driven pattern. Academics, researchers … inequality -- 11. Labor market institutions and social protections -- 12. Reaping China's reform dividends. …China has grown rapidly since the reform initiation of the 1970s. China's Economic Growth Prospects narrates the …

The central purpose of this book is to analyse the optimal allocation of local public goods or services (for example … garbage collection, police, fire brigades and medical services) in large urban agglomerations and the allocation consequences … jurisdictions and the impact this probable increase in competition may have on the achievement of the optimal allocation of local …

The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic … problems. This book aims to provide a critical review of the main debates on productivity in the domain of services. The first … part examines the theoretical consequences of services specificities on the concept of productivity and reviews the …

1. Introduction : what is the New Economy? / Dennis W. Jansen -- 2. Projecting productivity growth : lessons from the … multifactor productivity in US service industries / Jack E. Triplett and Barry P. Bosworth -- 4. The New Economy and the …

This book explores the relationship between exports and productivity. Whilst a body of research indicates that … exporters have superior productivity to non-exporters, received wisdom suggests that this is because productive firms became …

important contributions. Firstly, it elaborates the hypothesis that total factor productivity growth stems from pecuniary …