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Sequencing and the Success of Gradualism: Empirical Evidence from China's Agricultural Reform

Brauw, Alan de; Huang, Jikun; Rozelle, Scott - Center for Development Economics, Williams College

This paper provides evidence regarding gains to agricultural market liberalization in China. We empirically identify the different effects that incentive reforms and gradual market liberalization have on China's agricultural economy during its transition period. We find that average gains within...

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Farm Work, Home Work and International Productivity Differences

Rogerson, Richard - Center for Development Economics, Williams College - 2001

Agriculture's share of economic activity is known to vary inversely with a country's level of development. This paper …

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The Climatic Origins of the Neolithic Revolution: Theory and Evidence

Ashraf, Quamrul; Michalopoulos, Stelios - Center for Development Economics, Williams College - 2010

This research examines theoretically and empirically the origins of agriculture. The theory highlights the role of … a faster pace. Consequently, as long as climatic shocks preserved the possibility for agriculture, differences in the …, climatic volatility has a non-monotonic effect on the timing of the transition to agriculture. Farming was undertaken earlier …

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The Green Revolution: An End of Century Perspective

Gollin, Douglas; Parente, Stephen; Evenson, Robert; … - Center for Development Economics, Williams College - 2002

This paper reports the results of a major study of the impact of international agricultural research, covering eleven crops in all major regions of the developing world, over the period 1960-2000. Although much of the "common wisdom" concerning the Green Revolution suggests that gains from...

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The Role of Agriculture in Development

Gollin, Douglas; Parente, Stephen; Rogerson, Richard - Center for Development Economics, Williams College - 2002

A longstanding question in economics is why some countries are so much richer than others. Today, for example, income per capita in the world's richest countries is roughly thirty-five times greater than it is in the world's poorest countries. Recent work argues that the proximate cause of the...

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Cultural Diversity, Geographical Isolation, and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations

Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - Center for Development Economics, Williams College - 2011

This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...

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