Transport and agricultural productivity: A cross-national analysis

Research on Modern Higher Education

Sike Liu* Hubei Academy of Social Science¹ 

关键词:   transport;    agricultural productivity;    road;    road transport;   

DOI  :  10.24104/rmhe/2017.02.01012

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Asian Academic Press Co Limited

【 摘 要 】

The transportation infrastructure plays a significant role in the development of agriculture. In this study we examine the relationship between transport and agricultural performance by employing the World Bank’s roads infrastructure indicators. Based on a cross-country sample, a classic method is employed to test the hypothesis that better transport fosters agricultural productivity. The empirical results of the method support the hypothesis. As for this method, the estimation results of the widely-used inter-country aggregate agricultural production function describe that a country with better transport can produce more agricultural outputs given the same amounts of agricultural inputs and the same education level. Our empirical work lends support to the claim of Gollin and Rogerson (2010) [19] that transport is a basic factor explaining the poor economic performance of many developing countries, apart from physical and education investments, more emphasis should be placed on improving the transport infrastructure of these countries.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC