The Impact of Regional and Institutional Factors on Labour productive Performance: Evidence from the Township and Village Enterprise Sector in China

Zheng, L., Enowbi Batuo, M. and Shepherd, D. 2017. The Impact of Regional and Institutional Factors on Labour productive Performance: Evidence from the Township and Village Enterprise Sector in China. World Development. 96, pp. 591-598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.04.006

TitleThe Impact of Regional and Institutional Factors on Labour productive Performance: Evidence from the Township and Village Enterprise Sector in China
TypeJournal article
AuthorsZheng, L., Enowbi Batuo, M. and Shepherd, D.
Abstract

This paper investigates the determinants of Township and Village Enterprise (TVE) labour productivity in China, examining behaviour at both the national and regional levels. The results suggest that human capital, the real wage level, foreign intensity, export intensity, capital investment, and firm size are the most important factors affecting labour productivity at the national level, but their relative importance varies significantly between the regions. The results also indicate that government privatization reforms had a major impact on labour productivity in the TVE sector across the regions

KeywordsRegional variation, labour productivity, TVE, privatisation, China
JournalWorld Development
Journal citation96, pp. 591-598
ISSN0305-750X
Year2017
PublisherElsevier
Accepted author manuscript
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.04.006
Publication dates
Published online28 Apr 2017
Published28 Apr 2017
Published in printAug 2017
LicenseCC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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