Technical Efficiency of Chinese Grain Production: A Stochastic Production Frontier Approach

Adam Zhuo Chen, Wallace Huffman and Scott Rozelle

No 271497, 2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: This article examines technical efficiency of the Chinese grain sector using the framework of stochastic production frontier. The results reveal that: the marginal products of labor and fertilizer are much smaller than that of land; human capital and farm-level specialization have positive effect on efficiency, land fragmentation is detrimental to efficiency, and elder farmers are as efficient as younger farmers. We also examine the effects of size, mechanization and geographic location. Simulation results show that significant output gains can be obtained by eliminating land fragmentation, improving rural education and promoting specialization and mechanization.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31
Date: 2003-07-27
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Working Paper: TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF CHINESE GRAIN PRODUCTION: A STOCHASTIC PRODUCTION FRONTIER APPROACH (2003)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.271497

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