Logical analysis of Chinese labor productivity patterns

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