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Measuring Agricultural Productivity: A New Look

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  • Ball, V. Eldon

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This paper presents revised procedures for calculating total factor productivity and measuring productivity growth in U.S. agriculture over the postwar years. Our estimates reflect (1) a disaggregated treatment of outputs and inputs and (2) indexing / procedures that do not im ose a priori restrictions on the structure of production. We find that productivity grew at the average annual rate of 1. 5 percent during the 1948-79 period, compared with the 1.70 percent per year estimated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The similar estimates of productivity growth overshadow some important differences in measurement of individual inputs.

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  • Ball, V. Eldon, 1984. "Measuring Agricultural Productivity: A New Look," Staff Reports 277585, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerssr:277585
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.277585
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