Chinese agricultural output and TFP: 1661–2019

Runzhuo Zhai and Zhaohui Lou

Economics Letters, 2022, vol. 213, issue C

Abstract: In a pioneering effort, we construct annual frequency series of labour input, sown area, machinery, fertiliser and output for Chinese agriculture from 1661 to 2019. With the new dataset, we examine agricultural output and TFP over the past four centuries.

Keywords: Agricultural growth; Labour productivity; TFP (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N15 N55 O11 O13 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110415

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