• DocumentCode
    2875306
  • Title

    Technological Progress, Technical Efficiency & Productivity Growth of Modern Service Industry: An Comparative Study on Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta

  • Author

    Jianyun Cao

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Econ. & Commerce, South China Univ. of Technol., Guangzhou, China
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    2-4 Nov. 2012
  • Firstpage
    685
  • Lastpage
    688
  • Abstract
    Using Malmquist index, this paper measures total factor productivity (TFP) of modern service industry in Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta during 2000-2008, analyzes the sources and trends of TFP growth. Conclusions are made as follows: TFP of modern service industry grew rapidly and had a downward trend in the two zones, and the source of economic growth has shifted from technical efficiency to technological progress. Modern service industry in Pearl River Delta was less dependent on investment and had higher TFP index and smaller internal differences than that in Yangtze River Delta. TFP differences between the two zones were mainly due to the differences in technological progress, which was higher in Pearl River Delta than in Yangtze River Delta.
  • Keywords
    economic indicators; productivity; rivers; service industries; Malmquist index; Pearl River Delta; TFP growth; TFP index; Yangtze River Delta; economic growth; modern service industry; productivity growth; technical efficiency; technological progress; total factor productivity; Cities and towns; Economics; Indexes; Industries; Investments; Productivity; Rivers; Malmquist index; modern service industry; technical efficiency; technological progress; total factor productivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Multimedia Information Networking and Security (MINES), 2012 Fourth International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Nanjing
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-3093-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MINES.2012.215
  • Filename
    6405791