Public Infrastructure as a Determinant of Intertemporal and Interregional Productive Performance in China

Feng-Cheng Fu, Chu-Ping C. Vijverberg () and Wim Vijverberg
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Feng-Cheng Fu: Chung-Hua Institute for Economic Research
Chu-Ping C. Vijverberg: Wichita State University

No 1019, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper focuses on the question whether public infrastructure capital matters for labor productivity in China, both over time and across regions. It finds that public infrastructure is a significant determinant of variations in labor productivity across provinces, but the contribution of public capital to labor productivity growth over time is likely non-existing or even negative. These seemingly contradictory results are reconciled once we view the measured intertemporal effect as a short-run impact and the interregional effect as a longterm consequence of public infrastructure investment.

Keywords: labor productivity; public infrastructure; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H54 O47 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2004-02
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Published - revised version published as 'Public infrastructure as a determinant of productive performance in China' in: Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2011. 36 (1), 91 - 111

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