...Kunling Zhang; Biwei Chen Purpose This study investigates the effects of factor-biased agricultural productivity improvement (API) on industrialization in the Belt and Road Countries (BRCs). Design/methodology/approach Applying panel econometric models to a dataset covering 60 BRCs from 2000...

... divide the poverty reduction process into two stages: agricultural production and poverty reduction. Public expenditure is the input for the second stage, and the population below the poverty line is the undesirable output. The authors compute the efficiencies (overall efficiency, efficiency of each...

...Xin Deng; Dingde Xu; Miao Zeng; Yanbin Qi Purpose Previous studies focused on the influence of outsourcing (labor division) on productivity, especially in the industrial economy. However, few studies have focused on how labor division in agriculture affects agricultural productivity. To bridge...

...Panpan Diao; Zhonggen Zhang; Zhenyong Jin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) and input redundancies in different regions of China, and to bring out the policy implications for improving efficiency in agricultural production as well...

...Lihua Li; Chenggang Wang; Eduardo Segarra; Zhibiao Nan Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between migration, remittances and agricultural productivity by applying the new economics of labor migration model in the context of north‐west China. The specific objectives...