| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP16614 |
| DP16614 “Involution” or Seasonality: a New Perspective on the 19-20th Century Chinese Agricultural Development | |
| Debin Ma | |
| 发表日期 | 2021-10-05 |
| 出版年 | 2021 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | China’s (or East Asian) highly crop-based agriculture generates high seasonality in demand for labor across the year, leading to the rise of agricultural and handicraft side-employment. In contrast to the “involution” thesis which posits a Malthusian trap with diminishing return in Chinese agriculture dictated by deteriorating land-labor ratio, this paper presents stylized empirical facts from 19-20th century Chinese (and Japanese) agriculture and theoretical models to demonstrate that this labor relocation across the seasons contributes to a Boserupian type of growth. It leads to rising commercialization and population density, but not necessarily urbanization, rising productivity and structural change. Ultimately, industrialization and the expansion of markets that occurred outside agriculture pulled China (and Japan) out of the “involution” to embark on modernization. |
| 主题 | Economic History |
| 关键词 | Chinese agriculture Involution Malthusian Boserupian |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp16614 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/545561 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Debin Ma. DP16614 “Involution” or Seasonality: a New Perspective on the 19-20th Century Chinese Agricultural Development. 2021. |
| 条目包含的文件 | 条目无相关文件。 | |||||
| 个性服务 |
| 推荐该条目 |
| 保存到收藏夹 |
| 导出为Endnote文件 |
| 谷歌学术 |
| 谷歌学术中相似的文章 |
| [Debin Ma]的文章 |
| 百度学术 |
| 百度学术中相似的文章 |
| [Debin Ma]的文章 |
| 必应学术 |
| 必应学术中相似的文章 |
| [Debin Ma]的文章 |
| 相关权益政策 |
| 暂无数据 |
| 收藏/分享 |
除非特别说明，本系统中所有内容都受版权保护，并保留所有权利。
