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Type | Working Paper |
Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
Title | Agricultural productivity and structural transformation : evidence from Brazil |
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Institution | University of Chicago, Booth School of Business |
Series Name | Fama-Miller Working Paper, Chicago Booth Research Papers |
Number | 14-07 |
Number of Pages | 50 |
Date | 2015 |
Abstract Text | We study the effects of the adoption of new agricultural technologies on structural transformation. To guide empirical work, we present a simple model where the effect of agricultural productivity on industrial development depends on the factor bias of technical change. We test the predictions of the model by studying the introduction of genetically engineered soybean seeds in Brazil, which had heterogeneous effects on agricultural productivity across areas with different soil and weather characteristics. We find that technical change in soy production was strongly labor saving and led to industrial growth, as predicted by the model. |
Official URL | http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID2619420_code1695706.pdf?abstractid=2405089&mirid=1&type=2 |
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Keywords | Agricultural productivity, structural transformation, industrial development, labor saving technical change, genetically engineered soy |
Additional Information | Revised version |