's productivity when FDI (foreign direct investment) is a carrier of new technology. Using 1992 firm-level survey data in China, I …'s training both significantly raise a firm's TFP (total factor productivity) growth, just as Parente and Prescott hypothesized, 2 …-owned firms in China are unlikely to train local workers. Instead, they import intermediate inputs from their home countries …

This study examines the impact of imported intermediates on plant productivity and the role of plant capability in …. This study finds that import intensity does not significantly affect productivity. However, the impact of import intensity … on productivity is positive and significant for exporters and for plants with higher capital intensity. Meanwhile, older …