Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/54075 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2010/78
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
The paper investigates the determinants of productivity growth in China. It also analyses the sustainability of the country's industrial growth by estimating sectoral productivity, accounting for energy usage and emission since the start of the market-oriented reforms in the late 1970s. The growth accounting analysis indicates that productivity is the most significant driver of growth. Energy and capital are also important factors promoting China's industrial growth. The substantial productivity improvement of China's industry is attributable more to high-tech light industrial sectors. Heavy industry, characterized by high energy emission levels, lags behind in terms of productivity and overall technical change.
Subjects: 
productivity growth
industrial sustainability
energy consumption
carbon emission
JEL: 
D24
O47
Q25
Q32
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-316-7
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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