This survey article examines the recent studies of technological change or total factor
productivity (TFP) as a source of growth in East Asian economies. The major objective of the …

This article surveys the recent empirical literature on total factor productivity (TFP) growth in
East Asia, and the debate about the sources of growth in the region. It is concluded that:(i) …

A growth accounting exercise is conducted for 88 countries for 1960-94 to examine the
source of cross-country differences in total factor productivity (TFP) levels. Two differences …

This paper presents dual estimates of total factor productivity growth (TFPG) for East Asian
countries. While the dual estimates of TFPG for Korea and Hong Kong are similar to the …

In the last two decades or so, studies on the relative contributions of factor inputs and
technical progress to economic growth have been very numerous in the empirical literature …

The industrial revolution in several East Asian countries over the last three decades is one of
the most important economic events in the postwar era. Several recent growthaccounting …

Issues for Asia Page 1 THE ECONOMIC RECORD. VOL. 74. NO. 225.1L'NE 1998. 170—85
Total Factor Productivity and Economic Growth— Issues for Asia MALCOLM DOWLING …

The authors present new estimates of long-term total factor productivity (TFP) growth for 83
industrial and developing countries for 1960-87. These estimates are based on new data …

During the period from 1960 to 1973, the economic growth rate in Japan was at the rate of
10 or 11 percent per year. Japan was not the only country that grew rapidly dur-ing that …

This paper presents new estimates of total factor productivity (TFP) growth in Chinese
industry over the past half century that seek to improve on earlier estimates in several …