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

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 337-369

  Huang, Jikun ^a,b   Rozelle, Scott ^c  

^a CHINA NATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Growth decomposition; Institutional reform; Rice economy; Technological change

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; RICE YIELD; RURAL ECONOMY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

CHINA;

EID: 0030471655     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3878(95)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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