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The Division of Labor, Capital, Communication Technology and Economic Growth: The Case of China 1952–99
Author(s) -
Narayan Paresh Kumar,
Sun GuangZhen
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
review of development economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1467-9361
pISSN - 1363-6669
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2007.00393.x
Subject(s) - economics , division of labour , cointegration , china , labour economics , capital (architecture) , division (mathematics) , capital accumulation , human capital , capital deepening , capital formation , financial capital , market economy , econometrics , arithmetic , mathematics , archaeology , political science , law , history
The implications of the division of labor, capital, and technology for economic growth have long been a fundamental issue in development economics. This paper employs the bounds testing approach to cointegration to examine the relationship between the division of labor, capital accumulation, communication technology, and economic growth for China over the period 1952–99. We find that in the long run, capital stock and the division of labor both have statistically significant positive effects on growth, while in the short run the effects are not significantly positive. Telecommunication technology, rather surprisingly, has a statistically insignificant impact on growth both in the long run and in the short run. Our findings indicate that there exists a long run equilibrium relationship between capital and the division of labor on the one hand, and economic growth on the other, thereby lending support to the division of labor theory of growth.