Research on the Impact of Digital Economy on Manufacturing Total Factor Productivity

Jiaqi Chang, Qingxin Lan, Wan Tang (), Hailong Chen, Jun Liu and Yunpeng Duan
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Jiaqi Chang: China Telecom Research Institute, Beijing 102209, China
Qingxin Lan: School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing 100015, China
Wan Tang: School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing 100015, China
Hailong Chen: China Telecom Research Institute, Beijing 102209, China
Jun Liu: China Telecom Research Institute, Beijing 102209, China
Yunpeng Duan: School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing 100015, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 7, 1-21

Abstract: This paper empirically tests the impact mechanism of digital economy development on manufacturing total factor productivity, using data from Chinese manufacturing enterprises from 2011 to 2020, and based on the theoretical framework of the impact of digital economy development on manufacturing total factor productivity. The development of the digital economy has been found to have a significant positive impact on the total factor productivity of the manufacturing industry. The heterogeneity effect demonstrates that the digital economy in coastal areas has a significant effect on the improvement of manufacturing total factor productivity, with the eastern coastal area having the strongest effect; the digital economy in the Yellow River’s middle reaches, the Yangtze River’s middle reaches, and the southwest also having a significant effect, with the effect in the southwest region being more significant; and the digital economy in the northwest and northeast having no effect. Possible reasons include larger bottlenecks in the western region’s labor force structure, technology level, and management capabilities, which may lead to the inability of enterprises to effectively absorb the dividends of digital change and apply the scenarios, thus affecting the release of their productivity effects.

Keywords: digital economy; digital technology; manufacturing total factor productivity; high-quality development of manufacturing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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