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Reap What You Sow: Agricultural Technology, Urbanization and Structural Change

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Reap What You Sow: Agricultural Technology, Urbanization and Structural Change. / Danny McGowan ; Vasilakis, Chrysovalantis.
In: Research Policy, Vol. 48, No. 9, 11.2019.

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Danny McGowan & Vasilakis, C 2019, 'Reap What You Sow: Agricultural Technology, Urbanization and Structural Change', Research Policy, vol. 48, no. 9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2019.05.003

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Danny McGowan, & Vasilakis, C. (2019). Reap What You Sow: Agricultural Technology, Urbanization and Structural Change. Research Policy, 48(9). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2019.05.003

CBE

Danny McGowan, Vasilakis C. 2019. Reap What You Sow: Agricultural Technology, Urbanization and Structural Change. Research Policy. 48(9). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2019.05.003

MLA

Danny McGowan and Chrysovalantis Vasilakis. "Reap What You Sow: Agricultural Technology, Urbanization and Structural Change". Research Policy. 2019. 48(9). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2019.05.003

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Danny McGowan, Vasilakis C. Reap What You Sow: Agricultural Technology, Urbanization and Structural Change. Research Policy. 2019 Nov;48(9). Epub 2019 May 24. doi: 10.1016/j.respol.2019.05.003

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Danny McGowan ; Vasilakis, Chrysovalantis. / Reap What You Sow: Agricultural Technology, Urbanization and Structural Change. In: Research Policy. 2019 ; Vol. 48, No. 9.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Reap What You Sow: Agricultural Technology, Urbanization and Structural Change

AU - Danny McGowan

AU - Vasilakis, Chrysovalantis

N1 - 18 months embargo

PY - 2019/11

Y1 - 2019/11

N2 - This paper studies how productivity-enhancing agricultural technology affects urban- ization by provoking structural change. We investigate these issues using a natural experiment in the United States. The results show that technologies which improve crop productivity lead to a less urbanized economy as economic activity relocates from manufacturing and services towards agriculture. The effects are highly persistent and are driven by the technology increasing agricultural labor demand. Our findings high- light the potentially unintended, disruptive force of innovative technologies.

AB - This paper studies how productivity-enhancing agricultural technology affects urban- ization by provoking structural change. We investigate these issues using a natural experiment in the United States. The results show that technologies which improve crop productivity lead to a less urbanized economy as economic activity relocates from manufacturing and services towards agriculture. The effects are highly persistent and are driven by the technology increasing agricultural labor demand. Our findings high- light the potentially unintended, disruptive force of innovative technologies.

KW - Agricultural technology

KW - Productivity

KW - Structural change

KW - Urbanization

U2 - 10.1016/j.respol.2019.05.003

DO - 10.1016/j.respol.2019.05.003

M3 - Article

VL - 48

JO - Research Policy

JF - Research Policy

SN - 0048-7333

IS - 9

ER -