Agricultural productivity and structural transformation : evidence from Brazil

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  • dc.contributor.author Bustos, Paulaca
  • dc.contributor.author Caprettini, Brunoca
  • dc.contributor.author Ponticelli, Jacopoca
  • dc.contributor.other Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa
  • dc.date.accessioned 2017-07-26T12:07:50Z
  • dc.date.available 2017-07-26T12:07:50Z
  • dc.date.issued 2012-07-01
  • dc.date.modified 2017-07-23T02:15:57Z
  • 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 lead to industrial growth, as predicted by the model.
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  • dc.identifier https://econ-papers.upf.edu/ca/paper.php?id=1403
  • dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/21324
  • dc.language.iso eng
  • dc.relation.ispartofseries Economics and Business Working Papers Series; 1403
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  • dc.subject.keyword agricultural productivity
  • dc.subject.keyword structural transformation
  • dc.subject.keyword industrial development
  • dc.subject.keyword labor saving technical change
  • dc.subject.keyword genetically engineered soy.
  • dc.subject.keyword Macroeconomics and International Economics
  • dc.title Agricultural productivity and structural transformation : evidence from Brazilen
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