Growth Accounting Analysis of Korean Agriculture: 1970-2010

Chunseong Park

Journal of Rural Development/Nongchon-Gyeongje, 2012, vol. 35, issue 4

Abstract: A growth accounting analysis of the Korean agricultural sector is carried out using time series data for the period 1970-2010. The results show that the average growth rate of Korean agricultural sector during the period is 2.24%, to which total factor productivity contributes 1.86%p and capital stocks contribute 2.13%p while labor and land contribute -1.41%p and -0.36%p respectively. Additional analyses show that sharp successive drops in the growth rate of agricultural GDP during the 1990s and 2000s are mainly attributed to sharp declines of total factor productivity during the same period. This implies that policies for encouraging agricultural growth should be targeted at raising incentives for investment in R&D and human capital formation, which help enhance agricultural productivity.

Keywords: Agricultural; Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.330553

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