Technological change: Rediscovering the engine of productivity growth in China's rural economy

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Huang, JK; Rozelle, S
• 署名单位: Stanford University; CGIAR; International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; China National Rice Research Institute, CAAS
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/0304-3878(95)00065-8
• 发表日期: 1996
• 页码: 337-369
• 关键词: Technological change; Institutional reform; growth decomposition; CHINA; rice economy

摘要

This paper focuses on measuring the relative importance of the role of technology versus that of institutional innovation in China's rural economy, A six-equation rice sector model explaining provincial-level technology adoption, yield, and factor demand are econometrically estimated using data from China's 13 rice growing provinces for the period 1975-90, Growth decomposition analysis identifies technology adoption as the most important determinant of rice yield growth during 1978-84, accounting for nearly 40 percent the change; institutional reform accounted for 35 percent of the growth. In 1985-99, technology accounts for all of the increase in rice yields. The study demonstrates earlier studies may have over-estimated the impact of decollectivization.