Is agricultural productivity in developing countries really shrinking? New evidence using a modified nonparametric approach
Nonparametric productivity analyses performed to date show that most developing countries are experiencing relatively rapid technical regress in agriculture. We discuss the plausibility of these results and argue that they stem from the existence of biased technical change and the definition of tech...
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| author | Nin-Pratt, Alejandro Arndt, Channing Preckel, P.V. |
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| author_facet | Nin-Pratt, Alejandro Arndt, Channing Preckel, P.V. |
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| description | Nonparametric productivity analyses performed to date show that most developing countries are experiencing relatively rapid technical regress in agriculture. We discuss the plausibility of these results and argue that they stem from the existence of biased technical change and the definition of technology used. We reestimate the Malmquist index for a group of developing countries using a different definition of technology and find that most developing countries in our sample are experiencing positive productivity growth with technical change being the main source of this growth. |
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| spelling | CGSpace41332025-04-12T19:06:10Z Is agricultural productivity in developing countries really shrinking? New evidence using a modified nonparametric approach Nin-Pratt, Alejandro Arndt, Channing Preckel, P.V. agriculture developing countries development Nonparametric productivity analyses performed to date show that most developing countries are experiencing relatively rapid technical regress in agriculture. We discuss the plausibility of these results and argue that they stem from the existence of biased technical change and the definition of technology used. We reestimate the Malmquist index for a group of developing countries using a different definition of technology and find that most developing countries in our sample are experiencing positive productivity growth with technical change being the main source of this growth. 2003-08 2011-07-05T18:40:55Z 2011-07-05T18:40:55Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/4133 en Limited Access Elsevier Nin, A., Arndt, C. and Preckel, P.V. 2003. Is agricultural productivity in developing countries really shrinking? New evidence using a modified nonparametric approach. Journal of Development Economics 71(2): 395-415. |
| spellingShingle | agriculture developing countries development Nin-Pratt, Alejandro Arndt, Channing Preckel, P.V. Is agricultural productivity in developing countries really shrinking? New evidence using a modified nonparametric approach |
| title | Is agricultural productivity in developing countries really shrinking? New evidence using a modified nonparametric approach |
| title_full | Is agricultural productivity in developing countries really shrinking? New evidence using a modified nonparametric approach |
| title_fullStr | Is agricultural productivity in developing countries really shrinking? New evidence using a modified nonparametric approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is agricultural productivity in developing countries really shrinking? New evidence using a modified nonparametric approach |
| title_short | Is agricultural productivity in developing countries really shrinking? New evidence using a modified nonparametric approach |
| title_sort | is agricultural productivity in developing countries really shrinking new evidence using a modified nonparametric approach |
| topic | agriculture developing countries development |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/4133 |
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