Using dynamic panel models with data for 62 developing countries, this paper examines whether growth in agriculture … growth in agriculture. I identify large short-run effects: An increase in growth in agriculture by one percentage point is … imply sizable long-run effects of permanent increases in growth in agriculture. Extensions of the empirical model suggest …

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 …

by changes in wind, I show that higher levels of particulate matter lead to decreased agricultural productivity, with … changes in productivity of 10 percent being common. Combining wind direction with the rollout of coal plants, results indicate … pollution from coal plants has a larger effect on agricultural productivity than other types of pollution. Given that the …