Misallocation, Selection and Productivity: A Quantitative Analysis with Panel Data from China

主讲人

Loren Brandt

简介

<p style="text-align: left;">We use micro panel data from China and a quantitative framework to document the extent of&nbsp;resource misallocation in agriculture within villages, across villages, and over time; and to assess&nbsp;the total factor productivity (TFP) gains from an e cient reallocation of resources. We then&nbsp;develop and estimate a tractable heterogeneous-ability two-sector framework of agriculture and&nbsp;non-agriculture to assess the TFP implications of distortions with ability selection across sectors.&nbsp;An e cient reallocation of capital and land to existing farmers in China would increase output and&nbsp;productivity by 84 percent. Resource misallocation in agriculture implies substantial distortions in&nbsp;occupational choices. Eliminating misallocation across farms in agriculture generates substantial&nbsp;reallocation across sectors, increasing average ability in both sectors but especially in agriculture,&nbsp;and generating a large impact in aggregate outcomes.</p>

时间

2015-12-17(星期四)16:40-18:00

地点

经济楼N303

讲座语言

English

主办单位

WISE & SOE

承办单位

类型

系列讲座

联系人信息

主持人

专题网站

专题

主讲人简介

<p>Professor of Economics, University of Toronto, research fellow at the IZA</p> <p>Personal webpage:&nbsp;<a href="http://groups.chass.utoronto.ca/brandt/">groups.chass.utoronto.ca/brandt/</a></p>

期数

“WISE-SOE”高级经济学系列讲座2015秋季学期第七讲(总第358讲)

主讲人: Loren Brandt
主讲人简介:

Professor of Economics, University of Toronto, research fellow at the IZA

Personal webpage: groups.chass.utoronto.ca/brandt/

简介:
系列讲座
时间: 2015-12-17(星期四)16:40-18:00
地点: 经济楼N303
期数: “WISE-SOE”高级经济学系列讲座2015秋季学期第七讲(总第358讲)
主办单位: WISE & SOE
类型: 系列讲座