Rising wages, mechanization, and the substitution between capital and labor: evidence from small scale farm system in China

Wang, Xiaobing; Yamauchi, Futoshi; Huang, Jikun

doi:10.1111/agec.12231

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“…On the other hand, the stochastic frontier model is proposed by Aigner, Lovell, and Schmidt () and Meeusen and Van den Broeck (), and has been widely used by many scholars (e.g., Jin et al ; Wang, Yamauchi, and Huang ; Yang et al ). A classic stochastic frontier model has the form:

y_{it} = f (();, {bold-italicX}_{bold-italicit}, β) + bold-italicτT + ν_{it} - u_{it}

where f ( X it ; β ) measures the production frontier, T vectors a group of year dummy variables, and TE it = exp(− u it ) accounts for technical efficiency.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

New Growth Accounting

Gong¹

2020

American J Agri Economics

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This article opens the black box of total factor productivity by decomposing this “all‐in‐one” index into various input‐embedded and input‐free productivities in a new growth accounting framework. The new method identifies different channels through which growth drivers affect economic growth and finds the most effective way to boost the economy, which is unidentified in standard method. This new approach uses a varying coefficient stochastic frontier model, which integrates the standpoints of the endogenous growth theory and the induced innovation theory into a reduced‐form productivity analysis. The new growth accounting is then applied to study the impacts and contributions of R&D investments, international trade, and structural transformation to world agricultural growth during the period of 1962 to 2014. The empirical results provide new evidence to support the endogenous growth theory and the induced innovation theory, indicating the necessity of using the new growth accounting method.

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y_{it} = f (();, {bold-italicX}_{bold-italicit}, β) + bold-italicτT + ν_{it} - u_{it}

where f ( X it ; β ) measures the production frontier, T vectors a group of year dummy variables, and TE it = exp(− u it ) accounts for technical efficiency.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

New Growth Accounting

Gong¹

2020

American J Agri Economics

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“…As more households began to work full-time off the farm, they also began to rent out their land (Gao et al 2012). Those who stayed are the ones renting this land, which is behind a steady increase in farm size and increasing pressure to mechanise Huang and Ding 2016;Wang et al 2016). …”

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“…In terms of fixed assets, farmer investments in irrigation (Wang et al 2005) and agricultural machinery (Wang et al 2016) have steadily risen over time. In terms of variable inputs, the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides has increased dramatically since 1978.…”

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China’s 40 years of agricultural development and reform

Huang¹,

Rozelle²

2018

China’s 40 Years of Reform and Development: 1978–2018

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“…Some believed that although farmers can continue to work on their own land, but with the improvements permitted by mechanized farming, the requirement for human labor would be limited [66]. National statistics show that both the area of cultivated land and the area of land harvested by machines increased by four percent and nine percent annually, respectively, from 1990 to 2012 [67].…”

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Impact of Rural Land Transfer on Land Use Functions in Western China’s Guyuan Based on a Multi-Level Stakeholder Assessment Framework

Xue

Zhen

2018

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To achieve sustainable rural development, it is necessary to simultaneously protect ecologically important land and efficiently use existing agricultural land. Land use functions (LUFs) are widely used to assess regional sustainable development. Guyuan is located in a typical hilly and gully region of western China, with ecologically fragile land. Rural land transfer (RLT) has been advocated to prevent abandonment of agricultural land and promote rational, effective utilization of the land. In this study, we used LUFs in a multi-level stakeholder assessment framework to integrate the opinions of all stakeholders in an evaluation of the impact of RLT on regional sustainable development. We employed the framework for participatory impact assessment, key informant interviews, and questionnaires to obtain data to support the development of scenarios to compare the impacts on LUFs. We found that RLT had positive impacts on each LUF in Guyuan, especially for the land-based production and food security LUFs. Importantly, the measures required to support RLT must vary among landforms and location conditions to successfully develop the LUFs and ensure sustainable development. We found that the integrated multi-level stakeholder assessment framework can comprehensively assess the impacts of land use measures on sustainable development and support regional land-use decision-making.

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Rising wages, mechanization, and the substitution between capital and labor: evidence from small scale farm system in China

Cited by 122 publications

References 18 publications

New Growth Accounting

New Growth Accounting

China’s 40 years of agricultural development and reform

Impact of Rural Land Transfer on Land Use Functions in Western China’s Guyuan Based on a Multi-Level Stakeholder Assessment Framework

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