Technical Change Human Capital and Spillovers in United States Agriculture 1949-1985

<p>First published in 1995. Based on a detailed adjustment for the quality of inputs and outputs this study develops state-level measures for total factor productivity growth in US agriculture which are used to determine (i) the presence and determinants of convergence across states; (ii) the contribution of individual factors of production to productivity growth; (iii) the importance of spillovers across states; (iv) the economic effects of returns to and factor biases of research and extension. This title will be of great interest to students of economics and agriculture. </p>