final impact on productivity of farmers. This paper investigates the role of proximity interpreted not only in geographical …

for technology transfer and productivity growth. This paper compiles diverse spatial data on biophysical conditions …

resources, which raises productivity. Relying on provincial panel data from China, this paper attempts to examine if regional … productivity growth is accounted for by the deepening process of financial development. Towards this end, an appropriate … measurement of financial depth is constructed and then included as a determinant of productivity growth. It finds that a …

"The reform experiences of China and India—similar in some ways and different in others—shed light on the enormous …

With the aid of an analytical framework of the Lewis model revised to reflect the experience of China, this paper … China?s growth as achieved during the course of economic reform and the opening-up of the country: the exploitation of the … demographic dividend, the realization of comparative advantage, the improvement of total factor productivity, and participation in …

The paper investigates the determinants of productivity growth in China. It also analyses the sustainability of the … productivity improvement of China’s industry is attributable more to high-tech light industrial sectors. Heavy industry … country’s industrial growth by estimating sectoral productivity, accounting for energy usage and emission since the start of …