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Agricultural Productivity: Measurement and Sources of Growth addresses measurement issues and techniques in agricultural productivity analysis, applying those techniques to recently published data sets for American agriculture. The data sets are used to estimate and explain state level productivity and efficiency differences, and to test different approaches to productivity measurement. The rise in agricultural productivity is the single most important source of economic growth in the U.S. farm sector, and the rate of productivity growth is estimated to be higher in agriculture than in the non-farm sector. It is important to understand productivity sources and to measure its growth properly, including the effects of environmental externalities. Both the methods and the data can be accessed by economists at the state level to conduct analyses for their own states. In a sense, although not explicitly, the book provides a guide to using the productivity data available on the website of the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Economic Research Service. It should be of interest to a broad spectrum of professionals in academia, the government, and the private sector.
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Addresses measurement in techniques in agricultural productivity analysis, applying those techniques to recently published data sets for American agriculture.
Agricultural Productivity: Measurement and Sources of Growth (Studies in Productivity and Efficiency),V. Eldon Ball,George W. Norton,Springer,0792376226,Agricultural Economics,Agricultural prices,Agricultural productivity,Agriculture,Agriculture - General,Economic aspects,Economics - General,General,Medical / Nursing,Science/Mathematics,Statistics,Technology,United States,Agriculture & Farming,Agriculture & related industries,Business & Economics / Economics / General,Economics
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