Agricultural productivity growth and technology progress in developing country agriculture: case study in China

The goal of this investigation was to analyze the impact of some production variables (input) on agricultural pro- ductivity growth (output) in China from 1989～2002. We selected through random sampling Zhejiang Province for our disaggre- gate analysis with the use of Cobb-Douglas function. The estimation results showed that all key parameters are significant and are of the expected sign. Labor and that capital and land have positive impact on agricultural productivity growth.

阶层变迁的工业化过程：19世纪英法工业化差异的一个解释

本文试图从内生增长理论的角度为理解英法的工业化差异提供新的视角。本文从理论模型和经济史实两个方面论证了工业化过程中工业部门生产力的飞跃使得工业品相对价格显著下降,从而压缩了工业利润空间的事实。因此,本文认为工业部门的扩张本身抑制了工业化过程,并指出正是这个原因造成了法国等欧洲大多数国家工业化的相对迟滞。本文模型部分的结论显示,与工业化同时进行的农业生产力变革对工业化以及长期经济增长有着重要的支持作用,而这正是英国成功实现工业革命的原因。