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Potential of China's grain production: evidence from the household data
Author(s) -
Huang Yiping,
Kalirajan K.P.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.29
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1574-0862
pISSN - 0169-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-0862.1997.tb00473.x
Subject(s) - china , economics , production (economics) , frontier , agricultural economics , stock (firearms) , survey data collection , human capital , econometrics , natural resource economics , geography , microeconomics , economic growth , statistics , mathematics , archaeology
This study investigates whether China has achieved its potential in grain production fully with the existing technology. A stochastic varying coefficients frontier approach is applied on recent household survey data of 1000 grain farmers covering the periods 1993–95. The results indicate that, on average, the actual grain outputs are about 15–35% lower than the potential output. The analysis has identified households' human capital stock, land size and market‐oriented reform as important factors contributing positively to grain production efficiency.