Role of inputs, institutions, and technical innovations in stimulating growth in Chinese agriculture

Recent attempts to quantify the sources of growth in Chinese agriculture have attributed an exceptionally large share of this growth to the contemporary institutional and market reforms within China. To analyze this important issue we use a newly constructed panel data set that includes an agricultu...

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Autores principales: Fan, Shenggen, Pardey, Philip G.
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 1995
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157076
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description Recent attempts to quantify the sources of growth in Chinese agriculture have attributed an exceptionally large share of this growth to the contemporary institutional and market reforms within China. To analyze this important issue we use a newly constructed panel data set that includes an agricultural research or stock-of-knowledge variable. Our results suggest that while still a significant source of growth, the direct growth promoting consequence of institutional change and market reforms have been overstated by these earlier studies, even during the early stages of reforms that included the rapid introduction of the household production responsibility system. Research-induced technical change accounts for nearly 20% of the growth in aggregate agricultural output since 1965 although the share of growth attributable to technological innovation and changes in inputs and institutions varies considerably over time. Disaggregating the results within China also reveals substantial interregional variability in the sources of local growth, as would be expected in such a large and diverse country.
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spelling CGSpace1570762025-11-06T06:21:42Z Role of inputs, institutions, and technical innovations in stimulating growth in Chinese agriculture Fan, Shenggen Pardey, Philip G. economic growth economics mathematical models agricultural productivity governance Recent attempts to quantify the sources of growth in Chinese agriculture have attributed an exceptionally large share of this growth to the contemporary institutional and market reforms within China. To analyze this important issue we use a newly constructed panel data set that includes an agricultural research or stock-of-knowledge variable. Our results suggest that while still a significant source of growth, the direct growth promoting consequence of institutional change and market reforms have been overstated by these earlier studies, even during the early stages of reforms that included the rapid introduction of the household production responsibility system. Research-induced technical change accounts for nearly 20% of the growth in aggregate agricultural output since 1965 although the share of growth attributable to technological innovation and changes in inputs and institutions varies considerably over time. Disaggregating the results within China also reveals substantial interregional variability in the sources of local growth, as would be expected in such a large and diverse country. 1995 2024-10-24T12:47:10Z 2024-10-24T12:47:10Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157076 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Fan, Shenggen; Pardey, Philip G. 1995. Role of inputs, institutions, and technical innovations in stimulating growth in Chinese agriculture. EPTD Discussion Paper 13. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157076
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Role of inputs, institutions, and technical innovations in stimulating growth in Chinese agriculture
title Role of inputs, institutions, and technical innovations in stimulating growth in Chinese agriculture
title_full Role of inputs, institutions, and technical innovations in stimulating growth in Chinese agriculture
title_fullStr Role of inputs, institutions, and technical innovations in stimulating growth in Chinese agriculture
title_full_unstemmed Role of inputs, institutions, and technical innovations in stimulating growth in Chinese agriculture
title_short Role of inputs, institutions, and technical innovations in stimulating growth in Chinese agriculture
title_sort role of inputs institutions and technical innovations in stimulating growth in chinese agriculture
topic economic growth
economics
mathematical models
agricultural productivity
governance
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