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Agricultural Technical Progress and the Development of a Dual Economy

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  1. Thorsten Wichmann

    1. FB14 Wirtschaft und Management, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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Part of the book series: Contributions to Economics (CE)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Thorsten Wichmann
    Pages 1-5

  4. The Dual Economy Revisited

    • Thorsten Wichmann
    Pages 38-78

  5. Endogenous Growth in the Dual Economy

    • Thorsten Wichmann
    Pages 79-112

  6. Technology Adoption and Catch-Up

    • Thorsten Wichmann
    Pages 113-133

  7. Food Consumption and Economic Development

    • Thorsten Wichmann
    Pages 134-161

  8. Conclusions

    • Thorsten Wichmann
    Pages 162-166

  9. References

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    Pages 167-179

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 180-194
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About this book

A two-sector model of a developing country consisting of agriculture and industry is presented. Growth and structural change are discussed in variants with exogenous as well as endogenous technical progress, algebraically and by numerical simulations. Consequences from taking into account peculiarities of food production and consumption are analyzed. These include technology adoption in agriculture, Engel's law and a relationship between the level of nutrition and productivity.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • FB14 Wirtschaft und Management, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Thorsten Wichmann

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Agricultural Technical Progress and the Development of a Dual Economy

  • Authors: Thorsten Wichmann

  • Series Title: Contributions to Economics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46994-7

  • Publisher: Physica Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-0960-2Published: 17 October 1996

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-46994-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1933

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-7178

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 194

  • Topics: R & D/Technology Policy

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