Reconsidering Conventional Explanations of the Inverse Productivity-Size Relationship

被引：224

作者：

Barrett, Christopher B. ^{[1
]}

Bellemare, Marc F. ^{[2
]}

Hou, Janet Y. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA

[2] Duke Univ, Durham, NC USA

来源：

WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2010年 / 38卷 / 01期

关键词：

inverse relationship; productivity; market failures; soil characteristics; sub-Saharan Africa; Madagascar; FARM SIZE; LAND QUALITY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; LABOR-MARKETS; HOUSEHOLD; SOIL; EFFICIENCY; POVERTY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.06.002

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

020101 [政治经济学]; 020103 [经济史]; 030301 [社会学];

摘要：

The inverse productivity-size relationship is one of the oldest puzzles in development economics. Two conventional explanations for the inverse relationship have emerged in the literature: (i) factor market imperfections that cause cross-sectional variation in household-specific shadow prices and (ii) the omission of soil quality measurements. This study employs precise soil quality measurements at the plot level with multiple plots per household so as to test both conventional explanations simultaneously. Empirical results show that only a small portion of the inverse productivity-size relationship is explained by market imperfections and none of it seems attributable to the omission of soil quality measurements. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：88 / 97

页数：10

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