Technological change : rediscovering the engine of productivity growth in China's rural economy

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dc.contributor.authorJikun Huang
dc.contributor.authorRozelle, Scott
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-24T12:28:05Z
dc.date.available2015-07-24T12:28:05Z
dc.date.issued1995
dc.descriptionForthcoming in Journal of Development Economics (v. 49, p. 337-369, 1996)en
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the role of technologfoal change in the growth of agricultural productivity in China. Focusing on the rice subsector, the adoption of two forms of rice technology--hybrid rice and double-cropping--is treated as a decision to be made by the producer. The analysis focuses on measuring the relative importance of the role of technology versus that of institutional innovation. A six equation rice sector model explaining provincial-level technology adoption, yield, and factor demand are econometrically estimated using a unique time series, cross section data set from China's 13 rice growing provinces for the period 1975-90. Growth decomposition analysis identifies technology adoption as the most important determinant of rice yield growth during the early reform period, 1978-84 accounting for nearly 40 percent the change; institutional reform accounted for 35 percent of the growth. In the late reform period, 1985-90, technology accounts for all of the increase since the one-time effects of decollectivization have been exhausted. The study demonstrates earlier studies may have over estimated the impact of decollectivization by not fully accounting for the effects of technology.en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/54424
dc.identifier.urihttp://en.ccap.org.cn/uploadfile/2010/0115/20100115111926958.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSen
dc.subjectRICEen
dc.subjectHYBRID VARIETIESen
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYen
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGY TRANSFERen
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKen
dc.subjectINNOVATION ADOPTIONen
dc.subjectMATHEMATICAL MODELSen
dc.titleTechnological change : rediscovering the engine of productivity growth in China's rural economyen
dc.typeIDRC Final Reporten
idrc.dspace.accessIDRC Onlyen
idrc.project.number910130
idrc.project.titleRice Economy (China)en
idrc.recordsserver.bcsnumberRC000-1-48632
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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