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| Butzer, Rita; Mundlak, Yair; Larson, Donald F.. |
| Using time-series data spanning three decades, we examine the determinants of sectoral migration in Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines. We used a principal-components algorithm to address the problems associated with trended and intercorrelated explanatory variables. Migration rates in the three countries are low relative to other developing countries, with the consequence of persistent intersectoral income differentials. Even so, the rate of migration has been responsive to the income ratios in each country. The migration rates were also affected by the absorbing capacity of nonagriculture, as indicated by several measures. In contrast to other studies, policy variables consisting of indicators of physical and human capital had little impact on... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Indonesia; Labor; Migration; Philippines; Thailand. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43290 |
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| Coeymans, Juan Eduardo; Mundlak, Yair. |
| To understand the time path of agricultural development, the cause for the variability in sectoral outputs must be examined as part of the general process of economic growth. Such as examination is the focus of this report by Juan Eduardo Coeymans and Yair Mundiak, which appears at a time when there is a great deal of interest in the ability to sustain agricultural as well as general economic growth. This research extends beyond previous studies of agricultural growth at IFPRI by Mudlak and his associates by looking at the economy as consisting of five sectors that vary in their degree of tradablilty as well as in other attributes that caused differential response to the rapidly changing economic conditions in Chile from 1960 on. The study uses an... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Chile; Economic conditions; Econometric models; Agriculture; Economic aspects; 1918; International Development. |
| Ano: 1993 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37964 |
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| Mundlak, Yair; Cavallo, Domingo; Domenech, Roberto. |
| In 1982 Dominga Cavallo and Yair Mundlak received an award for quality of research discovery from the American Agriculture Economics Association for IFPRI Research Report 36, Agriculture and Economic Growth in an Open Economy: The Case of Argentina. The research was sponsored jointly by IFPRI and the Instituto de Estudios Economicos Sobre la Realidad Argentina y Latinoamericana (IEERAL) of the Fundacion Mediteranea, and it in turn built on earlier prize-winning research by Mundlak, presented in Research Report 6, Intersectoral Factor Mobility and Agricultural Growth. The model developed for the study makes it possible to explore the effects of policies directed at agriculture as well as general macro and trade policies, taking into account interaction... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Economic aspects; History; 20th Century; Economic conditions; Econometric models; International Development. |
| Ano: 1989 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42166 |
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| Mundlak, Yair; Larson, Donald F.; Butzer, Rita. |
| The introduction of new high‐yielding varieties of cereals in the 1960s, known as the green revolution, dramatically changed the food supply in Asia, as well as in other countries. In the present paper we examine, over an extended period, the growth consequences for agriculture in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. Despite geographical proximity, similar climate and other shared characteristics, gains in productivity and income differed significantly among the countries. We quantify these differences and examine their determinants. We find that the new technology changed the returns to fertilisers, irrigated land and capital, all of which proved scarce to varying degrees. Complementing technology‐related changes in factor use were investments, public... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: International Development. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117863 |
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| McGuirk, Anya M.; Mundlak, Yair. |
| The introduction of modern crops varieties in the mid-1960s caused a dramatic change, known as the “green revolution”, in agricultural production in Asia, as elsewhere. However, in spite of their yields, the process of adoption of these varieties has taken a long time, and even today traditional varieties are still widely grown. Various reasons, such as imperfect information, uncertainty, inadequate human capital, and institutional constraints, have been given for this slow diffusion. This research during 1960-79 emphasizes the role of economic incentives and resource availability in determining the pace of technology adoption. Only three years after their introduction, the modern wheat varieties accounted for 70 percent of the wheat area in Punjab.... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Economic aspects; India; Punjab; International Development. |
| Ano: 1991 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42125 |
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