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Farm Size-Productivity Relationships in Pre-War Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Shonai Region of Yamagata Prefecture, 1935

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  • Arimoto, Yutaka
  • Fujie, Takeshi
  • Senda, Tetsuji

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This paper exploits farm-level data of rice cultivating farmers in 1935 to examine the farm sizeproductivity relationship in the Shonai Region of Yamagata Prefecture. We find no clear inverse relationship between farm size and land productivity or input intensity. The farmland rental market was almost perfect for leasing-out but not for leasing-in. These findings suggest that the inverse relationship did not prevail because the farmland rental market was relatively efficient. However, we did find some evidence that landscarce farmers were not able to lease-in enough land, and therefore kept excess labor relative to land.

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  • Arimoto, Yutaka & Fujie, Takeshi & Senda, Tetsuji, 2017. "Farm Size-Productivity Relationships in Pre-War Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Shonai Region of Yamagata Prefecture, 1935," Economic Review, Hitotsubashi University, vol. 68(4), pages 348-370, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:hit:ecorev:v:68:y:2017:i:4:p:348-370
    DOI: 10.15057/28847
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    • N55 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - Asia including Middle East
    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
    • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment

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