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Title: | Agricultural composition and labor productivity |
Author: | Blanco Aguirre, Cesar Francisco Raurich, Xavier |
Keywords: | Agricultura Països en vies de desenvolupament Creixement econòmic Productivitat Agriculture Developing countries Economic growth Productivity |
Issue Date: | 1-Sep-2022 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Abstract: | Labor productivity differences between developing and developed countries are much larger in agriculture than in non-agriculture. We show that differences in agricultural composition across countries explain a substantial part of these labor productivity differences. To this end, we group agricultural products into two sectors: capital-intensive and labor-intensive agriculture. As the economy develops and capital accumulates, the price of labor-intensive agricultural goods relative to capital-intensive agricultural goods increases (...) |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2022.102934 |
It is part of: | Journal of Development Economics, 2022, vol. 158, num. 102934, p. 1-17 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/194437 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2022.102934 |
ISSN: | 0304-3878 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Economia) |
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