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Productivity measurement for the U.S. agricultural sector has long been the subject of research. The early studies of Barton and Cooper (1948) and Loomis and Barton (1961) provided important guidelines for the practical aspects of productivity measurement. Subsequent studies have focused on aggregation procedures and on methods for adjusting input measures for quality changes (see, for example, Jorgenson and Griliches, 1967; Ball, 1985; Jorgenson, Gollop, and Fraumeni, 1987; Craig and Pardey, 1996; and Ball et al., 1997). More recently, Jorgenson and Stiroh (2000) have attempted to quantify agriculture’s contribution to aggregate productivity growth. The present volume extends productivity measurement in agriculture to the individual states, focusing on relative levels and growth rates of productivity across states. It also considers the economic costs of addressing undesirable environmental impacts of agricultural production.
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Evenson, R.E., Gardner, B.L., Jorgenson, D.W., Shumway, C.R. (2002). Conclusion: The Usefulness of Productivity Measurement. In: Ball, V.E., Norton, G.W. (eds) Agricultural Productivity. Studies in Productivity and Efficiency, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0851-9_13
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