Showing 1 - 10 of 783
-sector neoclassical framework with agriculture and non-agriculture, we derive the productivity-adjusted aggregate labor income share in … terms of the agricultural productivity gap, and the labor income share in non-agriculture and value-added factor shares. We … theory-based adjustment to our data, the average values for the aggregate and agricultural productivity-adjusted labor income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012829919
productivity. In particular, we find that doubling agricultural credits generates around 4-5 percent increase in agricultural … productivity. We use two different agricultural production measures: (i) the agricultural component of GDP and (ii) agricultural … labor productivity. Employing a combination of panel-data and instrumental- variable methods, we show that agricultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012842059
Climate change has increased rainfall uncertainty, leading to greater production risks in agriculture. We examine the … droughts, and are consequently unable to cope fully with the adverse agricultural productivity shock. Our findings can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013217913
induced by changes in wind across years, I show that higher levels of pollution lead to decreased agricultural productivity …, with large changes in productivity being common. The negative effects of pollution are larger in areas growing more labor …-intensive crops, indicating that the pollution works at least partly through direct effects on labor productivity. Finally, combining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014346212
from stagnation to growth. When agriculture relies on traditional technology, industrial development reduces the relative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136945
major financial or economic crash. With a shrinking labor force and declining efficiency of investment, raising productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014354664
This paper examines the impact of education, governance and North-South trade- and distance-related technology diffusion on TFP in the South, focusing on South America (SA), Mexico, Latin America (LA) and East Asia for the 32-year period preceding the Great Recession (1976–2007) in a new model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012946575
differences in total factor productivity and, in turn, as possible sources of economic growth. This paper presents the results of … a causality study between business visits and multifactor productivity using a unique database that covers 30 sectors … sectors from business visits to productivity. Business visits emerge as a fundamental channel for the spread of knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013034497
follows a Poisson process where firms improve their productivity through investment in Ramp;D. The less there are firms in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764080
things equal. Increased participation in higher education enhances productivity progress and is accompanied by rising wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012783546