IT, enterprise reform, and productivity in Chinese manufacturing firms

Kazuyuki Motohashi

Journal of Asian Economics, 2008, vol. 19, issue 4, 325-333

Abstract: This paper is a first attempt at examining the impact that Information Technology (IT) and enterprise reform have on the productivity of Chinese manufacturing firms by using large-scale firm level datasets from 1995 to 2002. It is found that enterprise reforms captured by the entry and exit of firms have had a positive impact on aggregated productivity growth. In addition, IT plays a relatively important role in the productivity performance of post-reform enterprises, as opposed to enterprises which are not affected by major restructuring in the course of Chinese state-owned enterprise reforms.

Keywords: China; Economic; reform; IT; Productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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