Title

The Influence of Productive Service Trade Import Technology Level on the Productivity of Manufacturing Enterprises.

Authors

Miaohua ZHAN; huifang CHENG

Abstract

Based on extended CD model, this paper adopts system GMM estimation to examine the effects of technological level of producer service import on firm productivity in China during 2002-2007.The results show that: (1) generally speaking, improvement of producer service import technological level can improve productivity of firms in China's manufacturing industry;(2) the higher technical content of producer service is, the stronger the promotion function of the measures on firm TFP is, and the largest are computer information services as well as patents and licensing, followed by the insurance, telecommunications and financial services, and then followed by transportation services and other commercial services;(3) producer service technological level has a significant positive effect on productivity of firms with capital and technology-intensive, but the effect to the labor-intensive firms is yet not clear. Therefore, this paper concludes by proposing service trade policies to help promote the technological level of producer service.

Subjects

MANUFACTURING industries; INDUSTRIAL productivity; INTERNATIONAL trade

Publication

International Journal of Simulation: Systems, Science & Technology, 2016, Vol 17, Issue 40, p1

ISSN

1473-8031

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.5013/IJSSST.a.17.40.10