1st Edition
The Micro-Economics of Peasant Economy, China 1920-1940
By Thomas B. Wiens
Copyright 1982
532 Pages
by
Routledge
532 Pages
by
Routledge
532 Pages
by
Routledge
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The objectives of this study, first published in 1982, are to elaborate a micro-economic model which adequately explains the interrelationships among economic forces determining the distribution of income in a peasant economy in the early stages of transition to industrialization. It also examines the development of the ‘dual economy’, an economy composed of a large peasant agricultural sector... Read more
1. Introduction 2. A Theory of Distribution in the Agrarian Sector 3. The Land Market in Prewar China 4. The Loan Market in Prewar China 5. The Labor Market in Prewar China 6. The Agricultural Production Function and Factor Productivity in Prewar Chinese Agriculture 7. An Activity Analysis Approach to Productivity Measurement: Mi-Ch’ang Village Sample
Biography
Thomas B. Wiens
