| Abstract: | This paper investigates the technological choice followed in China's rice production, using primary farm household survey data collected in 1994. Drawing on the modelling procedures used by Lin (1991), the empirical testing done in this paper fails to confirm the hypothesis of induced technological choice, the well known Hicks-Hayami-Ruttan-Binswanger hypothesis. The analysis reveals that Lin's formulation may under certain circumstances lead to odd results when looking at cross section data. As an alternative specification, this study proposes cost shares in the place of physical quantities while modelling the production process. Empirical results using our suggested specification clearly confirm the hypothesis of induced technological choice. |
