Agriculture in interwar Poland: development in a turbulent time

Maciej Bukowski (), Michał Kowalski and Marcin Wroński
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Maciej Bukowski: University of Warsaw, Faculty of Economic Sciences
Michał Kowalski: University of Warsaw, Faculty of Economic Sciences
Marcin Wroński: Warsaw School of Economics, Collegium of World Economy, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies

No 2025-02, Working Papers from Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw

Abstract: We measure the value added in agriculture in Poland during the interwar period. Our calculation is based on the bottom-up methodology. We provide estimates on the national and regional levels. Cultivated area, yields and yields per hectare increased during the investigated period. Significant regional convergence, both in the case of prices and value added occurred. In the years 1924 -38 value added increased by 5.35% annually, resulting 4.01% per capita growth rate. However, the yields per hectare grew less than in a majority of other European economies. While less developed eastern regions caught up with more economically advanced western Poland, the leading west lost compared to European peers. Therefore, our assessment of the development of agriculture in Poland in that period remains mixed.

Keywords: agriculture; national income; Poland; Central and Eastern Europe; economic growth; regional convergence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N50 N54 N90 N94 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2025
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