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Increasing Returns and Intensification: A Reprise on Ester Boserup's Model of Agricultural Growth

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Winfrey, W; Darity, W
Published in: Metroeconomica
January 1, 1997

The dynamics of Ester Boserup's model of intensification of ``primitive'' (non-chemical, non-mechanized) agriculture have been worked out in three papers by Darity, Pryor and Maurer, and Salehi-Isfahani under conditions where techniques generating higher levels of food production require longer hours of work. But Boserup's theory suggests that continued intensification can lead to productivity increases in food production. Here the long run implications for agricultural productivity are explored when increasing returns evolve from Boserup's intensification process. Variations in the dynamics of a Boserupian economy are considered under different patterns of response to falling incomes and changing work requirements. Blackwell Publishers Ltd 1997.

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Metroeconomica

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1467-999X

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0026-1386

Publication Date

January 1, 1997

Volume

48

Issue

1

Start / End Page

60 / 80

Related Subject Headings

  • 14 Economics
 

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Winfrey, W., & Darity, W. (1997). Increasing Returns and Intensification: A Reprise on Ester Boserup's Model of Agricultural Growth. Metroeconomica, 48(1), 60–80. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-999X.00021
Winfrey, W., and W. Darity. “Increasing Returns and Intensification: A Reprise on Ester Boserup's Model of Agricultural Growth.” Metroeconomica 48, no. 1 (January 1, 1997): 60–80. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-999X.00021.
Winfrey, W., and W. Darity. “Increasing Returns and Intensification: A Reprise on Ester Boserup's Model of Agricultural Growth.” Metroeconomica, vol. 48, no. 1, Jan. 1997, pp. 60–80. Scopus, doi:10.1111/1467-999X.00021.
Journal cover image

Published In

Metroeconomica

DOI

EISSN

1467-999X

ISSN

0026-1386

Publication Date

January 1, 1997

Volume

48

Issue

1

Start / End Page

60 / 80

Related Subject Headings

  • 14 Economics