Air pollution is an inevitable negative environmental externality in the process of
industrialization and urbanization in countries around the world. Land misallocation in the …

Macroeconomic development remains an important policy goal because of its ability to lift
entire populations out of poverty. In our review of the literature, we emphasize that the best …

Why do living standards differ so much across countries? A consensus in the development
literature is that differences in productivity are a dominant source of these differences. But …

We study how goods-and labor-market frictions affect aggregate labor productivity in China.
Combining unique data with a general equilibrium model of internal and international trade …

Reducing factor misallocation is crucial for enhancing agricultural aggregate total factor
productivity (TFP) and narrowing the income gap between urban and rural areas in China …

We show that foreign capital liberalization reduces capital misallocation and increases
aggregate productivity for affected industries in India. The staggered liberalization of access …

The relationship between farm size and productivity has long been a topic of debate in
development economics. Using farm‐level panel data from 2003 to 2013, we investigate the …

The sustainable development of agriculture is challenged by two major issues: increasing
resource constraints and environmental pollution. Sustainable agricultural development is …

Previous studies quantifying the relationship between land titles and agricultural productivity
have not explored the role of human capital reallocation. This paper enhances existing …

Standard measures of productivity display enormous dispersion across farms in Africa. Crop
yields and input intensities appear to vary greatly, seemingly in conflict with a model of …