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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.3386/w17879 |
来源ID | Working Paper 17879 |
Engines of Growth: Farm Tractors and Twentieth-Century U.S. Economic Welfare | |
Richard H. Steckel; William J. White | |
发表日期 | 2012-03-01 |
出版年 | 2012 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | The role of twentieth-century agricultural mechanization in changing the productivity, employment opportunities, and appearance of rural America has long been appreciated. Less attention has been paid to the impact made by farm tractors, combines, and associated equipment on the standard of living of the U.S. population as a whole. This paper demonstrates, through use of a detailed counterfactual analysis, that mechanization in the production of farm products increased GDP by more than 8.0 percent, using 1954 as a base year. This result suggests that studying individual innovations can significantly increase our understanding of the nature of economic growth. |
主题 | History ; Other History ; Development and Growth ; Innovation and R& ; D ; Environmental and Resource Economics ; Agriculture |
URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w17879 |
来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/575554 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Richard H. Steckel,William J. White. Engines of Growth: Farm Tractors and Twentieth-Century U.S. Economic Welfare. 2012. |
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