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Agricultural composition and labor productivity

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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 (...)

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Agricultura, Països en vies de desenvolupament, Creixement econòmic, Productivitat

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Agriculture, Developing countries, Economic growth, Productivity

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BLANCO AGUIRRE, Cesar Francisco and RAURICH, Xavier. Agricultural composition and labor productivity. Journal of Development Economics. 2022. Vol. 158, num. 102934, pags. 1-17. ISSN 0304-3878. [consulted: 15 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/194437

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