The gross output agricultural productivity gap

Jing Hang

Economics Letters, 2020, vol. 191, issue C

Abstract: In developing countries the agricultural productivity gap, namely the ratio of labor productivity in non-agriculture to that in agriculture, is much larger if measured by gross output than by value-added. This implies more serious sectoral labor misallocation in these countries.

Keywords: Agricultural productivity gap; Gross output; Value-added (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E01 J61 O11 O13 O18 O41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109118

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