Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/286844 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Evolutionary Economics [ISSN:] 1432-1386 [Volume:] 32 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Berlin, Heidelberg [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 35-86
Publisher: 
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
We investigate structural change in the PR China during a period of particularly rapid growth 1998-2014. For this, we utilize sectoral data from the World Input-Output Database and firm-level data from the Chinese Industrial Enterprise Database. Starting with correlation laws known from the literature (Fabricant’s laws), we investigate which empirical regularities hold at the sectoral level and show that many of these correlations cannot be recovered at the firm level. For a more detailed analysis, we propose a multi-level framework, which is validated empirically. For this, we perform a robust regression, since various input variables at the firm-level as well as the residuals of exploratory OLS regressions are found to be heavy-tailed. We conclude that Fabricant’s laws and other regularities are primarily characteristics of the sectoral level which rely on aspects like infrastructure, technology level, innovation capabilities, and the knowledge base of the relevant labor force. We illustrate our analysis by showing the development of some of the larger sectors in detail and offer some policy implications in the context of development economics, evolutionary economics, and industrial organization.
Subjects: 
Structural change
Fabricant’s laws
China
Labor productivity
Economic growth
Firm growth
JEL: 
L16
O10
O30
O53
L11
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Published Version

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