Technical Change, Human Capital, and Spillovers in United States - Agriculture, 1949 198

Informationen zum Autor Klaus W. Deininger Klappentext First published in 1995. Based on a detailed adjustment for the quality of inputs and outputs, this study develops state-level measures for total factor productivity growth in US agriculture which are used to determine (i) the presence and determinants of convergence across states; (ii) the contribution of individual factors of production to productivity growth; (iii) the importance of spillovers across states; (iv) the economic effects of, returns to, and factor biases of research and extension. This title will be of great interest to students of economics and agriculture. Zusammenfassung First published in 1995. Based on a detailed adjustment for the quality of inputs and outputs, this study develops state-level measures for total factor productivity growth in US agriculture which are used to determine (i) the presence and determinants of convergence across states; (ii) the contribution of individual factors of production to productivity growth; (iii) the importance of spillovers across states; (iv) the economic effects of, returns to, and factor biases of research and extension. This title will be of great interest to students of economics and agriculture. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Agricultural Production, Research and Extension: A Quantitative Description 3. Productivity Growth in US Agriculture 4. The Economic Effects of Research and Extension 5. Conclusion; Appendix; References; Index

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• Authors: Klaus W. Deininger, Klaus W. (The World Bank Deininger
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9780367254681
• ISBN: 978-0-367-25468-1
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Agriculture
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, Environmental Economics, environmental science, engineering & technology, Agricultural science, Environmental science, engineering and technology