Agricultural composition and labor productivity

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Blanco Aguirre, Cesar Francisco
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Raurich, Xavier
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2023-03-02T11:59:49Z
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2023-03-02T11:59:49Z
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2022-09-01
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2023-03-02T11:59:49Z
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0304-3878
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https://hdl.handle.net/2445/194437
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731713
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Labor productivity differences between developing and developed countries are much larger in agriculture than in non-agriculture. We show that differences in agricultural composition across countries explain a substantial part of these labor productivity differences. To this end, we group agricultural products into two sectors: capital-intensive and labor-intensive agriculture. As the economy develops and capital accumulates, the price of labor-intensive agricultural goods relative to capital-intensive agricultural goods increases (...)
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17 p.
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application/pdf
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eng
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Elsevier
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Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2022.102934
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Journal of Development Economics, 2022, vol. 158, num. 102934, p. 1-17
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2022.102934
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cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier, 2022
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Articles publicats en revistes (Economia)
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Agricultura
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Països en vies de desenvolupament
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Creixement econòmic
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Productivitat
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Agriculture
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Developing countries
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Economic growth
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Productivity
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Agricultural composition and labor productivity
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion


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