Agricultural Productivity Growth in the United States: Measurement, Trends, and Drivers
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Agricultural and Food Policy; Labor and Human Capital; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2015-09-05 (Agricultural Economics)
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