How Endowments, Accumulations, and Choice Determine the Geography of Agricultural Productivity in Ecuador

Spatial disparity in incomes and productivity is apparent across and within countries. Most studies of the determinants of such differences focus on cross-country comparisons or location choice among firms. Less studied are the large differences in...

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Main Authors:	Larson, Donald F., Leon, Mauricio
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2013
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE CAPABILITY CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CROPS E-MAIL ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMICS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EMAIL ADDRESS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPLOYMENT ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES ENVIRONMENTAL EXPECTED VALUE FACTOR MARKETS FAMILY LABOR FARMERS FARMS FERTILIZERS GENDER GOVERNMENT SERVICES GROWTH MODELS GROWTH THEORY INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INEFFICIENCY INNOVATIONS INPUT FACTOR INSTITUTION INSURANCE INTEGRATION LABOR INPUTS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOUR LAND USE LIVESTOCK MANAGERIAL SKILL MANUFACTURING MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MARGINAL PRODUCTS MARGINAL VALUE MARKET ACCESS MARKETING MOTIVATION NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL ENDOWMENTS NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLITICAL ECONOMY PRODUCERS PRODUCTION ELASTICITIES PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTION QUANTITIES PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PROPERTY RIGHTS RESULT RESULTS RETURNS TO SCALE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS SAFETY SAFETY NETS SEASONAL LABOR SEASONAL WORKERS SOCIAL CAPITAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS USES
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spelling	okr-10986-164362021-04-23T14:03:29Z How Endowments, Accumulations, and Choice Determine the Geography of Agricultural Productivity in Ecuador Larson, Donald F. Leon, Mauricio AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE CAPABILITY CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CROPS E-MAIL ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMICS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EMAIL ADDRESS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPLOYMENT ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES ENVIRONMENTAL EXPECTED VALUE FACTOR MARKETS FAMILY LABOR FARMERS FARMS FERTILIZERS GENDER GOVERNMENT SERVICES GROWTH MODELS GROWTH THEORY INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INEFFICIENCY INNOVATIONS INPUT FACTOR INSTITUTION INSURANCE INTEGRATION LABOR INPUTS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOUR LAND USE LIVESTOCK MANAGERIAL SKILL MANUFACTURING MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MARGINAL PRODUCTS MARGINAL VALUE MARKET ACCESS MARKETING MOTIVATION NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL ENDOWMENTS NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLITICAL ECONOMY PRODUCERS PRODUCTION ELASTICITIES PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTION QUANTITIES PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PROPERTY RIGHTS RESULT RESULTS RETURNS TO SCALE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS SAFETY SAFETY NETS SEASONAL LABOR SEASONAL WORKERS SOCIAL CAPITAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS USES Spatial disparity in incomes and productivity is apparent across and within countries. Most studies of the determinants of such differences focus on cross-country comparisons or location choice among firms. Less studied are the large differences in agricultural productivity within countries related to concentrations of rural poverty. For policy, understanding the determinants of this geography of agricultural productivity is important, because strategies to reduce poverty often feature components designed to boost regional agricultural incomes. Census and endowment data for Ecuador are used to estimate a model of endogenous technology choice to explain large regional differences in agricultural output and factor productivity. A composite-error estimation technique is used to separate systemic determinants from idiosyncratic differences. Simulations are employed to explore policy avenues. The findings suggest a differentiation between the types of policies that promote growth in agriculture generally and those that are more likely to assist the rural poor. 2013-12-20T20:34:13Z 2013-12-20T20:34:13Z 2006-09-01 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/09/17753018/endowments-accumulations-choice-determine-geography-agricultural-productivity-ecuador World Bank Economic Review doi:10.1093/wber/lhl003 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16436 English en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research :: Journal Article Latin America & Caribbean Ecuador
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topic	AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE CAPABILITY CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CROPS E-MAIL ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMICS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EMAIL ADDRESS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPLOYMENT ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES ENVIRONMENTAL EXPECTED VALUE FACTOR MARKETS FAMILY LABOR FARMERS FARMS FERTILIZERS GENDER GOVERNMENT SERVICES GROWTH MODELS GROWTH THEORY INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INEFFICIENCY INNOVATIONS INPUT FACTOR INSTITUTION INSURANCE INTEGRATION LABOR INPUTS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOUR LAND USE LIVESTOCK MANAGERIAL SKILL MANUFACTURING MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MARGINAL PRODUCTS MARGINAL VALUE MARKET ACCESS MARKETING MOTIVATION NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL ENDOWMENTS NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLITICAL ECONOMY PRODUCERS PRODUCTION ELASTICITIES PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTION QUANTITIES PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PROPERTY RIGHTS RESULT RESULTS RETURNS TO SCALE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS SAFETY SAFETY NETS SEASONAL LABOR SEASONAL WORKERS SOCIAL CAPITAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS USES
spellingShingle	AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE CAPABILITY CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CROPS E-MAIL ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMICS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EMAIL ADDRESS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPLOYMENT ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES ENVIRONMENTAL EXPECTED VALUE FACTOR MARKETS FAMILY LABOR FARMERS FARMS FERTILIZERS GENDER GOVERNMENT SERVICES GROWTH MODELS GROWTH THEORY INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INEFFICIENCY INNOVATIONS INPUT FACTOR INSTITUTION INSURANCE INTEGRATION LABOR INPUTS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOUR LAND USE LIVESTOCK MANAGERIAL SKILL MANUFACTURING MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MARGINAL PRODUCTS MARGINAL VALUE MARKET ACCESS MARKETING MOTIVATION NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL ENDOWMENTS NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLITICAL ECONOMY PRODUCERS PRODUCTION ELASTICITIES PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTION QUANTITIES PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PROPERTY RIGHTS RESULT RESULTS RETURNS TO SCALE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS SAFETY SAFETY NETS SEASONAL LABOR SEASONAL WORKERS SOCIAL CAPITAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS USES Larson, Donald F. Leon, Mauricio How Endowments, Accumulations, and Choice Determine the Geography of Agricultural Productivity in Ecuador
geographic_facet	Latin America & Caribbean Ecuador
description	Spatial disparity in incomes and productivity is apparent across and within countries. Most studies of the determinants of such differences focus on cross-country comparisons or location choice among firms. Less studied are the large differences in agricultural productivity within countries related to concentrations of rural poverty. For policy, understanding the determinants of this geography of agricultural productivity is important, because strategies to reduce poverty often feature components designed to boost regional agricultural incomes. Census and endowment data for Ecuador are used to estimate a model of endogenous technology choice to explain large regional differences in agricultural output and factor productivity. A composite-error estimation technique is used to separate systemic determinants from idiosyncratic differences. Simulations are employed to explore policy avenues. The findings suggest a differentiation between the types of policies that promote growth in agriculture generally and those that are more likely to assist the rural poor.
format	Journal Article
author	Larson, Donald F. Leon, Mauricio
author_facet	Larson, Donald F. Leon, Mauricio
author_sort	Larson, Donald F.
title	How Endowments, Accumulations, and Choice Determine the Geography of Agricultural Productivity in Ecuador
title_short	How Endowments, Accumulations, and Choice Determine the Geography of Agricultural Productivity in Ecuador
title_full	How Endowments, Accumulations, and Choice Determine the Geography of Agricultural Productivity in Ecuador
title_fullStr	How Endowments, Accumulations, and Choice Determine the Geography of Agricultural Productivity in Ecuador
title_full_unstemmed	How Endowments, Accumulations, and Choice Determine the Geography of Agricultural Productivity in Ecuador
title_sort	how endowments, accumulations, and choice determine the geography of agricultural productivity in ecuador
publisher	Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/09/17753018/endowments-accumulations-choice-determine-geography-agricultural-productivity-ecuador http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16436
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How Endowments, Accumulations, and Choice Determine the Geography of Agricultural Productivity in Ecuador

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