Inverse Relationship Between Productivity and Farm Size: The Case of China

Chen, Zhuo; Huffman, Wallace E.; Rozelle, Scott

doi:10.1111/j.1465-7287.2010.00236.x

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“…12 Our tests closely follow Chen, Huffman and Rozelle (2011). 13 Rather than being a complementary good to learning from neighbors, the education level may be a substitute.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 84%

Local spillovers and durable adoption: evidence from durable consumptions in rural China

Rong

Yao

2014

China Agricultural Economic Review

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Purpose -The effects of social learning and network externalities in the diffusion of a new product imply that there should be local spillovers from existing owners to new adopters in a closely-related community. Using the 1999 durable consumption survey data in rural China, this paper examines the importance of local spillovers in the diffusion of two major durable goods, washing machine and refrigerator. Design/methodology/approach -Based on an October 1999 survey of rural durable goods consumption conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of China, the authors examine the likelihood of rural households adopting a washing machine and a refrigerator during 1998-1999, respectively. Findings -The estimation results indicate that a household is more likely to buy its first durable good in villages where a large share of households already own one. Further evidence suggests that these patterns are unlikely to be explained by unobserved local characteristics. When examined in more detail, the extent of local spillovers appears to be positively related to household education level. Originality/value -Our study reveals the importance of local spillovers in the diffusion of these two durables. Specifically, 64% of washing machine adoptions starting at 1998 are due to the spillovers. For refrigerator adoptions, this percentage is 55%. Furthermore, as far as we know, our study is among the first to test and provide evidence on the interaction between education level and local spillovers based on the learning hypothesis.

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“…12 Our tests closely follow Chen, Huffman and Rozelle (2011). 13 Rather than being a complementary good to learning from neighbors, the education level may be a substitute.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 84%

Local spillovers and durable adoption: evidence from durable consumptions in rural China

Rong

Yao

2014

China Agricultural Economic Review

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“…Chen et al (2011) find that the inverse relationship disappears in farms in China once the land quality is taken into account. On the other hand, Barret et al (2010) using data from Madagascar reject that the inverse relationship is explained by soil quality.…”

Section: Farm Size and Productivity: An Inverse Relationship?mentioning

confidence: 88%

Small Farms: Changing Structures and Roles in Economic Development

Braun

Mirzabaev

2015

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractSmall farms are the largest employment and small business group among the poor. Their businesses use mostly labor and local resources and face local constraints, but at the same time, they are affected by increasingly complex national and global economic changes, which lead to shifts in optimality and viability of structures and of their business priorities. This paper identifies basic forces of change in the small farm economy, proposes policies that may support productive and socially acceptable transformations, and highlights research priorities. The paper concludes that policies should primarily focus on people's income opportunities in the rural economy, where small farmers often hold multiple farm and non-farm jobs, rather than be narrowly concerned with viability of the small scale farm enterprise.

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“…Following the literature examining the inverse relationship between farm size and productivity (Assuncao and Ghatak 2003;Deininger and Byerlee 2012), Chen et al (2010) examine the relationship between farm size and productivity in China using farm-level household survey data between 1995 and 1999. Their study found that total farm output in China declined with cultivated land area, and this could be attributed to local administrative land distribution policies, uneven off-farm work opportunities and heterogeneity in land quality.…”

Section: Agricultural Mechanisation and Contracting Capital Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mechanisation Outsourcing and Agricultural Productivity for Small Farms: Implications for Rural Land Reform in China

Sheng

Song²,

Qian

2017

China's New Sources of Economic Growth: Vol. 2

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Inverse Relationship Between Productivity and Farm Size: The Case of China

Cited by 83 publications

References 52 publications

Local spillovers and durable adoption: evidence from durable consumptions in rural China

Local spillovers and durable adoption: evidence from durable consumptions in rural China

Small Farms: Changing Structures and Roles in Economic Development

Mechanisation Outsourcing and Agricultural Productivity for Small Farms: Implications for Rural Land Reform in China

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