Farm technology and technical efficiency: Evidence from four regions in China

China Economic Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-161

  Chen, Zhuo ^a   Huffman, Wallace E ^b   Rozelle, Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Household farm; Labor migration; Land fragmentation; Stochastic production frontier; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349084715     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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