Replication data for: Agricultural Productivity Differences across Countries
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Douglas Gollin; David Lagakos; Michael E. Waugh
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Project Citation:
Gollin, Douglas, Lagakos, David, and Waugh, Michael E. Replication data for: Agricultural Productivity Differences across Countries. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2014. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112774V1
Project Description
Summary:
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Recent studies argue that cross-country labor productivity differences are much larger in agriculture than in the aggregate. We reexamine the agricultural productivity data underlying this conclusion using new evidence from disaggregate sources. We find that for the world's staple grains—maize, rice, and wheat—cross-country differences in the quantity of grain produced per worker are enormous according to both micro- and macrosources. Our findings validate the idea that understanding agricultural productivity is at the heart of understanding world income inequality.
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JEL Classification:
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D31 Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
O13 Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Q11 Agriculture: Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis; Prices
Q12 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
D31 Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
O13 Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Q11 Agriculture: Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis; Prices
Q12 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
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