Agricultural productivity and atructural transformation: evidence from Brazil

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• dc.contributor.author Bustos, Paula
• dc.contributor.author Caprettini, Bruno
• dc.contributor.author Ponticelli, Jacopo
• dc.date.accessioned 2024-03-28T13:21:03Z
• dc.date.available 2024-03-28T13:21:03Z
• dc.date.issued 2016
• dc.description.abstract 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.
• dc.description.sponsorship We acknowledge financial support from the Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries Project by the CEPR and UK Department for International Development and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (ECO-2011-25624); Paula Bustos acknowledges financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (RYC-2012-11979).
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• dc.identifier.citation Bustos P, Caprettini B, Ponticelli J. Agricultural productivity and atructural transformation: evidence from Brazil. Am Econ Rev. 2016;106(6):1320-65. DOI: 10.1257/aer.20131061
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.20131061
• dc.identifier.issn 0002-8282
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/59610
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher American Economic Association
• dc.relation.ispartof American Economic Review. 2016;106(6):1320-65.
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PN/ECO-2011-25624
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PN/RYC-2012-11979
• dc.rights © American Economic Association. Can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.20131061
• dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
• dc.subject.other Agricultura -- Aspectes econòmics
• dc.title Agricultural productivity and atructural transformation: evidence from Brazil
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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