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Productivity and Comparative Advantage in Rice Agriculture in South-East Asia Since 1870 *

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Pierre van der Eng

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Rice long dominated the agricultural economies of South-East Asia. Given the economic predominance of agriculture, the development of rice production had a significant bearing on the economies in the region. This article explains why the countries of mainland South-East Asia long dominated the international rice market. It quantifies labor productivity in rice production and argues that simple, low-cost and labor-extensive, but low-yielding production technology allowed farmers in mainland South-East Asia to achieve significantly higher levels of labor product-ivity than in the more densely populated rice-producing areas in South-East Asia and Japan. High levels of labor productivity were a major source of comparative advantage in rice production for Burma, Thailand and Southern Vietnam. Copyright 2004 East Asian Economic Association.

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Volume (Year): 18 (2004)
Issue (Month): 4 (December)
Pages: 345-370
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  1. Pierre van der Eng, 2006. "Surplus mobilisation in farm agriculture: A comparison of Java and Japan, 1870--1940," Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 42(1), pages 35-58, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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