Logical analysis of Chinese labor productivity patterns

Using data published by the Chinese Statistical Bureau, an elaborated versi on of the Cobb-Douglas production function was developed in [3] to express the dependence that industrial production has on classic economic factors, ownership-related variables and geographic location. In this paper, we reex amine the same data using the new Boolean-based methodology of Logical Anal ysis of Data (LAD). The LAD models detect numerous characteristic patterns for explaining changes in productivity, strongly confirm and complement the conclusions of [3], and lead to a decision support system aimed at increas ing productivity in China's provinces.