Productivity Growth in U.S. Agriculture: 1948-2013

It is widely reported that productivity growth is the main contributor to output growth in U.S. agriculture. This article provides estimates of output growth over the postwar period and decomposes that growth into the contributions of input growth and productivity growth. The analysis is based on re...

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Main Authors: V. Eldon Ball, Richard Nehring, Sun Ling Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre for the Study of Living Standards 2016-04-01
Series:International Productivity Monitor
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Online Access:http://www.csls.ca/ipm/30/ballnehringandwang.pdf