The standard treatment of U.S. agriculture asserts that, before the 1930s, productivity growth was almost exclusively …. Our revised estimates of Parker and Klein's productivity calculations indicate that biological innovations account for … roughly one-half of labor productivity growth between 1839 and 1909 …

We study the effect of information on technology adoption and productivity in agriculture. Our empirical strategy … exploits the expansion of the mobile phone network in previously uncovered areas of rural India coupled with the availability ….5 million phone calls made by farmers to one of India's leading call centers for agricultural advice. We find that areas …

the United States towards agriculturally important middle-income countries, especially China, India and Brazil. U … innovation will be required to preserve past productivity gains in the face of climate change, coevolving pests and diseases, and … changing technological regulations--let alone increase productivity. Great potential exists for innovation in crop and …

The expansion in farm size is an important contributor to agricultural productivity in developed countries, but the … agricultural productivity? We develop a model of heterogeneous farms making cropping choices and investing in productivity … North on farm choices and agricultural productivity. We find that the higher distortions in north Vietnam reduce …

markets to study the impact of the adoption of mechanized practices on labor demand, productivity and managerial span of …

in a region or sector, it is their productivity advantage that determines the positive effect on domestic firms in … measuring total factor productivity (TFP) of firms and to different empirical specifications …

productivity gains for domestic firms. The size of FDI spillovers is economically important, accounting for about 14% of … productivity growth in U.S. firms between 1987 and 1996. In addition, there is some evidence for imports-related spillovers, but it …

deeper division of labor among these teams which leads to an increase in firm productivity. The paper can be thought of as a …