Livestock in China: Commodity-Specific Total Factor Productivity Decomposition Using New Panel Data |
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| Authors: | Allan N Rae Hengyun Ma Jikun Huang Scott Rozelle |
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| Institution: | Allan Rae is professor and director, Center for Applied Economics and Policy Studies, Massey University, New Zealand. Hengyun Ma is professor, Center for Agricultural Policy and Rural Development, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China and visiting research fellow, Center for Applied Economics and Policy Studies, Massey University, New Zealand. Jikun Huang is director, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Scott Rozelle is professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis and a member of the Gianinni Foundation. |
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| Abstract: | Studies of total factor productivity (TFP) in livestock production are rare, but when available provide useful information especially in the context of developing countries such as China where livestock is becoming more important in the domestic agricultural economy. We estimate TFP for four major livestock products in China employing the stochastic frontier approach, and decompose productivity growth into its technical efficiency (TE) and technical progress components. Efforts are made to adjust and augment the available livestock statistics. The results show that growth in TFP and its components varied between the 1980s and the 1990s as well as over production structures. While there is evidence of considerable technical innovation in China's livestock sector, TE improvement has been relatively slow. |
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| Keywords: | adjusted data China decomposition of TFP livestock stochastic production frontier |
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