This paper presents a meta-analysis of 5308 observations of total factor productivity growth (TFPG) in China from 150 … primary studies to provide some insightful explanations to the controversies about productivity growth in China in the current … TFPGs; (4) Regional disparities of TFPG are significant and specifically the TFPG in East China is higher than that in …

investments, only a small growth in productivity was observed. This observations has been coined the productivity paradox. This … reveals strong presence of publication bias within ICT productivity literature and using mixed effect multilevel model …

of the effect of beauty on worker's productivity, as reported in 37 studies. The estimates are tested for publication … beauty effect concerning productivity. The average beauty effect is probably much lower than commonly believed based on the …

research on China. Second, we document, through various empirical methods, the robust findings about striking patterns of trend … constructive framework for studying China's modern macroeconomy. …