The Size Distribution of Farms and International Productivity Differences

被引:314
作者
Adamopoulos, Tasso [1 ]
Restuccia, Diego [2 ]
机构
[1] York Univ, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
[2] Univ Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G7, Canada
关键词
STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION; AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY; INSTITUTIONS; AGRICULTURE; INEQUALITY; GEOGRAPHY;
D O I
10.1257/aer.104.6.1667
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We study the determinants of differences in farm size across countries and their impact on agricultural and aggregate productivity using a quantitative sectoral model featuring a distribution of farms. Measured aggregate factors (capital, land, economy-wide productivity) account for one-quarter of the observed differences in farm size and productivity. Policies and institutions that misallocate resources across farms have the potential to account for the remaining differences. Exploiting within-country variation in crop-specific price distortions and their correlation with farm size, we construct a cross-country measure of farm-size distortions which together with aggregate factors accounts for one-half of the cross-country differences in size and productivity.
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页码:1667 / 1697
页数:31
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