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Is there a Latin American agricultural growth pattern? Factor endowments and productivity in the second half of the twentieth century

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  • Miguel Martín-Retortillo

    (Universidad de Alcalá)

  • Vicente Pinilla

    (Universidad de Zaragoza and Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2))

  • Jackeline Velazco

    (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)

  • Henry Willebald

    (Universidad de la República)

Abstract

In this article we discuss whether there was a single Latin American pattern of agricultural growth between 1950 and 2008. We analyse the sources of growth of agricultural production and productivity in ten Latin American countries. Our results show that the differences between these countries are too strong to establish a single pattern for this region. However, certain common trends may be observed, such as the growing importance of labour productivity to explain agricultural production growth and the increasing importance of TFP to explain agricultural labour productivity growth.

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  • Miguel Martín-Retortillo & Vicente Pinilla & Jackeline Velazco & Henry Willebald, 2019. "Is there a Latin American agricultural growth pattern? Factor endowments and productivity in the second half of the twentieth century," Working Papers 0145, European Historical Economics Society (EHES).
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    Keywords

    Latin American Economic History; Latin American Agriculture; Agricultural Productivity; Agricultural Growth; Total Factor Productivity;
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    JEL classification:

    • N56 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • Q10 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - General
    • Q11 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis; Prices

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