Agricultural composition and labor productivity

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农业结构与劳动生产率

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来源：

Journal of Development Economics

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一带一路农业专题

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学术文献

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英语

原文发布日期：

2022-07-13

摘要：

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. This price change drives a process of structural change that moves land and farmers to the capital-intensive sector, increasing labor productivity in agriculture. We illustrate this mechanism using a multisector growth model that generates transitional dynamics consistent with patterns of structural change observed in Brazil and also differences in agricultural composition and labor productivity consistent with cross-country data.