Structural transformation and intertemporal evolution of real wages, machine use, and farm size–productivity relationships in Vietnam
This paper explores the evolution of real agricultural wages, machinery use, and the relationship between farm size and productivity in Vietnam during its dramatic structural transformation over the course of the 1990s and 2000s. Using six rounds of nationally representative household survey data, w...
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| author | Liu, Yanyan Violette, William Barrett, Christopher B. |
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| description | This paper explores the evolution of real agricultural wages, machinery use, and the relationship between farm size and productivity in Vietnam during its dramatic structural transformation over the course of the 1990s and 2000s. Using six rounds of nationally representative household survey data, we find strong evidence that the inverse relationship between rice productivity and planting area attenuated significantly over this period and that the attenuation was most pronounced in areas with higher real wages. This pattern is also associated with sharp increases in machinery use, indicating a scale-biased substitution effect between machinery and labor. The results suggest that rural-factor market failures are receding in importance, making land concentration less of a cause of concern for aggregate food production. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1483082025-11-06T07:23:38Z Structural transformation and intertemporal evolution of real wages, machine use, and farm size–productivity relationships in Vietnam Liu, Yanyan Violette, William Barrett, Christopher B. food production households productivity structural change mechanization farm size This paper explores the evolution of real agricultural wages, machinery use, and the relationship between farm size and productivity in Vietnam during its dramatic structural transformation over the course of the 1990s and 2000s. Using six rounds of nationally representative household survey data, we find strong evidence that the inverse relationship between rice productivity and planting area attenuated significantly over this period and that the attenuation was most pronounced in areas with higher real wages. This pattern is also associated with sharp increases in machinery use, indicating a scale-biased substitution effect between machinery and labor. The results suggest that rural-factor market failures are receding in importance, making land concentration less of a cause of concern for aggregate food production. 2016-04-20 2024-06-21T09:24:19Z 2024-06-21T09:24:19Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148308 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153400 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147616 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153532 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150482 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154013 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Liu, Yanyan; Violette, William; and Barrett, Christopher B. 2016. Structural transformation and intertemporal evolution of real wages, machine use, and farm size–productivity relationships in Vietnam. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1525. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148308 |
| spellingShingle | food production households productivity structural change mechanization farm size Liu, Yanyan Violette, William Barrett, Christopher B. Structural transformation and intertemporal evolution of real wages, machine use, and farm size–productivity relationships in Vietnam |
| title | Structural transformation and intertemporal evolution of real wages, machine use, and farm size–productivity relationships in Vietnam |
| title_full | Structural transformation and intertemporal evolution of real wages, machine use, and farm size–productivity relationships in Vietnam |
| title_fullStr | Structural transformation and intertemporal evolution of real wages, machine use, and farm size–productivity relationships in Vietnam |
| title_full_unstemmed | Structural transformation and intertemporal evolution of real wages, machine use, and farm size–productivity relationships in Vietnam |
| title_short | Structural transformation and intertemporal evolution of real wages, machine use, and farm size–productivity relationships in Vietnam |
| title_sort | structural transformation and intertemporal evolution of real wages machine use and farm size productivity relationships in vietnam |
| topic | food production households productivity structural change mechanization farm size |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148308 |
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