NDLI: The agricultural basis of comparative development

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Vollrath, Dietrich
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	This article shows, in a two-sector Malthusian model of endogenous population growth, that output per capita, population density, and industrialization depend upon the labor intensity of agricultural production. Because the diminishing returns to labor are less pronounced, high labor intensity (as in rice production) leads not only to a larger population density but also to lower output per capita and a larger share of labor in agriculture. Agronomic and historical evidence confirm that there are distinct, inherent differences between rice and wheat production. A calibration of the model shows that a relatively small difference in labor intensity in agriculture can account for a large portion of the observed differences in industrialization, output per capita, and labor productivity between Asia and Europe prior to the Industrial Revolution. Significantly, these differences can be explained even though sector-level total factor productivity levels and the efficiency of factor markets are held constant in the two regions.
Starting Page	343
Ending Page	370
Page Count	28
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13814338
Journal	Journal of Economic Growth
Volume Number	16
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15737020
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2011-11-01
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Agriculture Production Structural transformation Endogenous population growth Malthus Growth International Economics Economic Growth Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Economics and Econometrics

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