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Buera, Francisco; Trachter, Nicholas - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

How should industrial policies be directed to reduce distortions and foster economic development? We study this question in a multi-sector model with technology adoption, where the production of goods and modern technologies features rich network structures. We provide simple formulas for the...

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The Missing Middle Managers : Labor Costs, Firm Structure, and Development

Hjort, Jonas; Malmberg, Hannes; Schoellman, Todd - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

This paper shows that large, multi-establishment business enterprises face a high cost of middle management in poor countries and that this cost inhibits the growth of the modern sector. We provide new empirical evidence using a database covering compensation for 300,000 middle managers working...

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Tertiarization Like China

Chen, Xilu; Pei, Guangyu; Song, Zheng Michael; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We document a process of rapid tertiarization of the Chinese economy since 2005. The employment and value-added shares of the service sector have increased significantly. Moreover, total factor productivity growth has increased faster in the service sector than in the manufacturing sector....

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R & D and productivity : the econometric evidence

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Energy and the Environment in Economic History

Clay, Karen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Both energy and the environment are inputs into production, influencing the economy and the overall welfare of the … population. While the economy itself has been a central focus of economic history from its inception, energy and the environment … some thoughts regarding opportunities for further research in energy and the environment …

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Incorporating Micro Data into Differentiated Products Demand Estimation with PyBLP

Conlon, Christopher; Gortmaker, Jeff - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We provide a general framework for incorporating many types of micro data from summary statistics to full surveys of selected consumers into Berry, Levinsohn, and Pakes (1995)-style estimates of differentiated products demand systems. We extend best practices for BLP estimation in Conlon and...

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Producer Beliefs and Conservation : The Impact of Perceived Water Scarcity on Irrigation Technology Adoption

Blumberg, Joey; Goemans, Chris; Manning, Dale - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Agricultural producers make investment decisions based on beliefs about future returns. This article investigates how changes in beliefs about input availability affects the adoption of conservation practices. We develop a theoretical model to examine how a producer's beliefs about water...

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Center Pivot Irrigation Systems as a Form of Drought Risk Mitigation in Humid Regions

Cooley, Daniel J.; Smith, Steven M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Irrigation in the Eastern US receives little attention compared to the West, but farmers in humid states of the US, traditionally reliant on rainfall, have more than tripled irrigation since 1978. We examine this trend in Illinois where there has been a nearly threefold increase in center pivot...

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A National Estimate of Irrigation Canal Lining and Piping Water Conservation

Hrozencik, R. Aaron; Potter, Nicholas A.; Wallander, Steven - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Global climate change is already impacting water resources and, in many areas, reducing the amount of water available for drinking, sanitation, and agriculture. Water conservation can be a means to mitigate the economic damages associated with water scarcity, including scarcity arising from...

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Climate Change and Downstream Water Quality in Agricultural Production : The Case of Nutrient Runoff to the Gulf of Mexico

Elbakidze, Levan; Xu, Yuelu; Gassman, Philip W.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Nitrogen (N) fertilizer use in agricultural production is a significant determinant of surface water quality. As climate changes, agricultural producers are likely to adapt at extensive and intensive margins in terms of land and per acre input use, including fertilizers. These changes can affect...

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