1. IS THERE A LATIN AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL GROWTH PATTERN? FACTOR ENDOWMENTS AND PRODUCTIVITY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY
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Miguel Martín-Retortillo, Jackeline Velazco, Vicente Pinilla, and Henry Willebald
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Economics and Econometrics ,History ,Latin Americans ,060106 history of social sciences ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,06 humanities and the arts ,Agricultural economics ,Agriculture ,0502 economics and business ,Economics ,0601 history and archaeology ,050207 economics ,Agricultural productivity ,business ,Productivity ,Total factor productivity - Abstract
In this article, we discuss whether there was a single Latin American pattern of agricultural growth between 1950 and 2008. We analyse the sources of growth of agricultural production and productivity in ten Latin American countries. Our results show that the differences between these countries are too large to establish a single pattern for this region. However, certain common trends may be observed, such as the growing importance of labour productivity as a component of agricultural production growth and the increasing relevance of total factor productivity as a component of agricultural labour productivity growth.
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- 2021
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