Can intelligent manufacturing plan cross the"Productivity Paradox":A quasi-natural experiment of chinese intelligent manufacturing demonstration project
The new generation of artificial intelligence is a typical representative of new quality productivity and an important source of improving TFP.From a microenterprises perspective,this paper first provides the integrated theoretical mechanism for the emergence and disappearance of the"Productivity Paradox"phenomenon.Subsequently,using China's intelligent manufacturing plan as a quasi-natural experiment,it empirically evaluates the overall effect,mediating mechanism,heterogeneity,and dynamic effect of the intelligent manufacturing plan on the total factor productivity(TFP)of enterprises with the help of staggered difference in differences method using the panel data of A-share listed manufacturing enterprises from 2011 to 2021.It shows that:(1)Although the intelligent manufacturing plan has no significant impact on the TFP of enterprises in the short term,it improves the TFP of enterprises in the long term and on the whole;(2)Mechanism analysis shows that intelligent manufacturing can enhance enterprise TFP in the short term,long term,and in general by promoting enterprise innovation,but it distorts enterprise resource allocation in the initial stage and in general,and this distortion effect gradually diminishes over time,so that the impact on firm TFP shows U-shaped dynamic characteristics;(3)Heterogeneity analysis shows that,the higher the firm's human capital structure or digitization level is,the more and the faster that intelligent manufacturing can enhance the firm's TFP.This study provides a theoretical explanation and empirical evidence to understand the emergence,internal mechanism,severity,and duration of the"Productivity Paradox"phenomenon at the micro-firm level,and it also has policy implications for exploring the new power source and micro-driving mechanism of TFP improvement.
intelligent manufacturing plantotal factor productivityProductivity Paradoxstaggered difference in differencesdynamic effect