Technological change, technical and allocative efficiency in Chinese agriculture: the case of rice production in Jiangsu

This paper develops a frontier shadow cost function approach to estimate empirically the effects of technological change, technical and allocative efficiency improvement in Chinese agriculture during the reform period (1980-93). The results reveal that the first phase rural reforms (1979-84) which f...

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Main Author: Fan, Shenggen
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 1999
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161348
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description This paper develops a frontier shadow cost function approach to estimate empirically the effects of technological change, technical and allocative efficiency improvement in Chinese agriculture during the reform period (1980-93). The results reveal that the first phase rural reforms (1979-84) which focused on the decentralization of the production system have had significant impact on technical efficiency but not allocative efficiency. During the second phase reforms which was supposed to focus on the liberalization of rural markets, technical efficiency improved very little and allocative efficiency has increased only slightly, however. In contrast, the rate of technological change continued to increase, although at a declining rate during the second phase reform.
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spelling CGSpace1613482025-11-06T07:11:57Z Technological change, technical and allocative efficiency in Chinese agriculture: the case of rice production in Jiangsu Fan, Shenggen rice production innovation This paper develops a frontier shadow cost function approach to estimate empirically the effects of technological change, technical and allocative efficiency improvement in Chinese agriculture during the reform period (1980-93). The results reveal that the first phase rural reforms (1979-84) which focused on the decentralization of the production system have had significant impact on technical efficiency but not allocative efficiency. During the second phase reforms which was supposed to focus on the liberalization of rural markets, technical efficiency improved very little and allocative efficiency has increased only slightly, however. In contrast, the rate of technological change continued to increase, although at a declining rate during the second phase reform. 1999 2024-11-21T09:55:05Z 2024-11-21T09:55:05Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161348 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Fan, Shenggen. 1999. Technological change, technical and allocative efficiency in Chinese agriculture;the case of rice production in Jiangsu. EPTD Discussion Paper 39. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161348
spellingShingle rice
production
innovation
Fan, Shenggen
Technological change, technical and allocative efficiency in Chinese agriculture: the case of rice production in Jiangsu
title Technological change, technical and allocative efficiency in Chinese agriculture: the case of rice production in Jiangsu
title_full Technological change, technical and allocative efficiency in Chinese agriculture: the case of rice production in Jiangsu
title_fullStr Technological change, technical and allocative efficiency in Chinese agriculture: the case of rice production in Jiangsu
title_full_unstemmed Technological change, technical and allocative efficiency in Chinese agriculture: the case of rice production in Jiangsu
title_short Technological change, technical and allocative efficiency in Chinese agriculture: the case of rice production in Jiangsu
title_sort technological change technical and allocative efficiency in chinese agriculture the case of rice production in jiangsu
topic rice
production
innovation
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161348
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