Yoshimi Kuroda

Rice Production Structure and Policy Effects in Japan (eBook, PDF)

Quantitative Investigations

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Produktbeschreibung

Kuroda uses quantitative measures to investigate the rice production structure and effects of agricultural policies in Japan over the second half of the 20th century. Almost all policies have played negative roles in transferring paddy lands from small- to large-scale farms, which has slowed down to modernize the rice sector.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137573155
• Artikelnr.: 44900320

Autorenporträt

Yoshimi Kuroda holds a PhD from Stanford University, USA. He is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, and Visiting Research Fellow at the International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development, Kitakyushu, Japan. His lifetime and representative research contributions are presented in his two-volume work entitled Production Structure and Productivity of Japanese Agriculture, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2013.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword by Keijiro Otsuka
Foreword by Masayoshi Honma
Preface
Acknowledgement
List of Abbreviations
Introduction Part I The Production Structure of the Rice Sector of Japanese
Agriculture during the Second Half of the 20th Century The Objective of
Part I 1 Changes in Postwar Japanse Agriculture, Problems Setting up, and
the Analytical Framework [Ab: Changes in Postwar Japanse Agriculture] 1.1
Introduction 1.2 Statistical Observations of Postwar Japanese Agriculture
1.2.1 Postwar Agricultural Production in Japan as a Whole 1.2.2 Postwar
Movements of Farmlands in Tofuken and Tohoku 1.2.3 Postwar Movements of the
Number of Farm Households in Tofuken and Tohoku 1.2.4 Postwar Movements of
the Agricultural Budgets 1.2.5 Postwar Movements of the Utilization of
Farmlands 1.2.6 Postwar Movements of the Public Investments in Agricultural
R&D and Extension Activities
1.2.7 The Outline of the Quantitative Investigations of the Rice Production
Structure and the Effects of Variable Policy Measures 2 Technology
Structure of the Rice Sector of Japanese Agriculture: (I) A Translog Vari-
able Cost (VC) Function Approach [Ab: Translog VC Function Approach] 2.1
Introduction 2.2 Agricultural Production in Tohoku 2.3 Analytical Framework
2.3.1 The Variable Cost (VC) Function Model 2.3.1.1 The VC Function Model
(A) 2.3.1.2 The VC function Model (B) 2.3.2 Tests for the Technology
Structure of Rice Production 2.3.2.1 Homotheticity 2.3.2.2 No Technological
Change 2.3.2.3 Hicks Neutral Technological Change 2.3.2.4 Extended Hick
Neutral Technological Change 2.3.2.5 Cobb-Douglas (C-D) Production Function
2.3.2.6 Constant Returns to Scale (CRTS) 2.3.3 Basic Economic Indicators of
the Technology Structure of Postwar Rice Production 2.3.3.1 Factor Demand
Elasticities and the Allen, Morishima, and McFadden (Shadow) Elas- ticities
of Factor Substitutions 2.3.3.2 Returns to Scale 2.3.3.3 'Factor
Inputs-Saving' and 'Output-Augmenting' Technological Change 'Rates' Based
on the Parameter Estimates of the Model (A) of the VC Function 2.3.3.4 The
Biases of Technological Change Bias 2.3.3.5 The Shadow Price of Paddy Land
2.4 The Data and Estimation Procedure 2.5 Empirical Results 2.5.1 Parameter
Estimates of the VC Functions: Model (A) and Model (B) 2.5.2 Results of the
Tests forthe Six Hypotheses 2.5.3 Various Economic Indicators Estimated
Based on the Model (A) and Model (B) 2.5.3.1 Own-Price Variable Factor
Demand Elasticities 2.5.3.2 Elasticities of Substitutions among Variable
Factor Inputs 2.5.3.3 Estimates of the Degrees of Returns to Scale (RTS)
2.5.3.4 Estimates of the 'Rates' of 'Inputs-Saving' and 'Output-Augmenting'
Technological Change (P GX and P GY ) 2.5.3.5 Estimates of the Biases of
Technological Change 2.5.3.6 The Shadow Value of Paddy Land 2.6 Summary and
Concluding Remarks Appendix A: Variable Definitions 3 Technology Structure
of the Rice Sector of Japanese Agriculture: (II) A Translog Variable Profit
Function Approach [Ab: Translog VP Function Approach] 3.1 Introduction 3.2
Analytical Framework 3.2.1 The Variable Profit (VP) Function Model 3.2.2
Tests for the Technology Structure of Rice Production 3.2.2.1 Homotheticity
3.2.2.2 No Technological Change with respect to the Stock of Technological
Knowledge (ZR) 3.2.2.3 Neutral Technological Change with respect to (ZR)
3.2.2.4 Cobb-Douglas (C-D) Production Function 3.2.2.5 Constant Returns to
Scale (CRTS) 3.2.3 Estimations of Output Supply and Input Demand
Elasticities 3.2.3.1 Estimation of Output Supply Elasticities 3.2.3.2
Estimations of Variable Factor Input Demand Elasticities 3.2.4 Estimation
of the Degrees of Returns to Scale (RT S) 3.2.5 Estimation of the Shadow
Value of Land 3.3 The Data and Estimation Procedure 3.4 Empirical Results
3.4.1 Results of the Variable Profit (VP) Function 3.4.2 Results of the
Tests forthe Five Hypotheses 3.4.3 Estimates of Output Supply and Input
Demand Elasticities 3.4.3.1 Estimates of Rice Output Supply Elasticities
3.4.3.2 Estimates of Variable Factor Demand Elasticities 3.4.3.3 Estimates
of the Degrees of Returns to Scale (RT S) 3.4.3.4 Estimates of the Shadow
Value of Paddy Land 3.4.3.5 Possibilities of Land Transfer from Small- to
Large-Scale Farms 3.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks Appendix B: Variable
Definitions Part II Impacts of Agricultural Policies and Structural Trans-
formation of Agriculture The Objective of Part II 4 The Impacts of the Rice
Price-Support Programs on the Structural Transformation of the Rice Sector
[Ab: Impacts of Rice Price-Support on Structural Transformation] 4.1
Introduction 4.2 Analytical Framework 4.2.1 Impacts of Changes in Rice
Price on the Five Economic Indicators 4.2.1.1 Impacts of Changes in Rice
Price on the Supply of Rice 4.2.1.2 Impacts of Changes in Rice Price on the
Demands for the Variable Factor Inputs 4.2.1.3 Impacts of Changes in Rice
Price on the Amount of Variable Profits 4.2.1.4 Impacts of Changes in Rice
Price on the Degrees of Returns to Scale 4.2.1.5 Impacts of Changes in Rice
Price on the Shadow Value of Land 4.3 Empirical Results 4.3.1 Impacts of
Rice Price-Support Programs on the Five Economic Indicators 4.3.1.1 Impacts
of Rice Price-Support Programs on the Supply of Rice 4.3.1.2 Impacts of
Rice Price-Support Programs on the Demands for the Variable Factor Inputs
4.3.1.3 Impacts of Rice Price-Support Programs on the Amount of Variable
Profits 4.3.1.4 Impacts of Rice Price-Support Programs on the Degrees of
Returns to Scale 4.3.1.5 Impacts of Rice Price-Support Programs on the
Shadow Value of Land 4.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 5 Impacts of the
Set-Aside Programs on the Agricultural Structural Transformation of the
Rice Sector [Ab: Impacts of Set-Asides on Structural Transformation] 5.1
Introduction 5.2 Analytical Framework 5.2.1 Impacts of Changes in the
Planted Area of Paddy Land on the Five Economic Indicators 5.2.1.1 Impacts
of Changes in the Planted Area of Paddy Land on the Supply of Rice 5.2.1.2
Impacts of Changes in the Planted Area of Paddy Land on the Demands for the
Variable Factor Inputs 5.2.1.3 Impacts of Changes in the Planted Area of
Paddy Land on the Amount of Variable Profits 5.2.1.4 Impacts of Changes in
the Planted Area of Paddy Land on the Degrees of Returns to Scale 5.2.1.5
Impacts of Changes in the Planted Area of Paddy Land on the Shadow Value of
Land 5.3 Empirical Results 5.3.1 Impacts of Changes in the Set-Aside
Programs on the Supply of Rice 5.3.2 Impacts of Changes in the Set-Aside
Programs on the Demands for the Variable Factor Inputs 5.3.3 Impacts of
Changes in the Set-Aside Programs on the Amount of Variable Profits 5.3.4
Impacts of Changes in the Set-Aside Programs on the Degrees of Returns to
Scale 5.3.5 Impacts of Changes in the Set-Aside Programs on the Shadow
Value of Land 5.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 6 The Impacts of Factor
Inputs-Subsidies on the Agricultural Structural Transformation of the Rice
Sector [Ab: Impacts of Input-Subsidies on Structural Transformation] 6.1
Introduction 6.2 Analytical Framework 6.2.1 the Impacts of Changes in the
Prices of the Variable Factor Inputs on the Five Economic Indicators
6.2.1.1 Impacts of Changes in the Prices of the Variable Factor Inputs on
the Supply of Rice 6.2.1.2 Impacts of Changes in the Prices of the Variable
Factor Inputs on the Demands for the Variable Factor Inputs 6.2.1.3 Impacts
of Changes in the Prices of the Variable Factor Inputs on the Amount of
Variable Profits 6.2.1.4 Impacts of Changes in the Prices of the Variable
Factor Inputs on the Degrees of Returns to Scale 6.2.1.5 Impacts of Changes
in the Prices of the Variable Factor Inputs on the Shadow Value of Paddy
Land 6.3 Empirical Results 6.3.1 Impacts of Factor Inputs-Subsidies on the
Five Economic Indicators 6.3.1.1 Impacts of Factor Inputs-Subsidies on the
Supply of Rice 6.3.1.2 Impacts of Factor Inputs-Subsidies on the Demands
for the Variable Factor Inputs 6.3.1.3 Impacts of Factor Inputs-Subsidies
on the Amount of Variable Profits 6.3.1.4 Impacts of Factor
Inputs-Subsidies on the Degree of Returns to Scale 6.3.1.5 Impacts of
Factor Inputs-Subsidies on the Shadow Value of Paddy Land 6.4 Summary and
Concluding Remarks 7 The Impacts of Public Agricultural R&D and Extension
(R&E) Programs on the Agri- cultural Structural Transformation of the Rice
Sector [Ab: Impacts of R&E Programs on Structural Transformation] 7.1
Introduction 7.2 Analytical Framework 7.2.1 Impacts of Changes in the Stock
of Technological Knowledge (R&E) on the Five Eco- nomic Indicators 7.2.1.1
Impacts of Changes in R&E on the Supply of Rice 7.2.1.2 Impacts of Changes
in R&E on the Demands for the Variable Factor Inputs 7.2.1.3 Impacts of
Changes in R&E on the Amount of Variable Profits 7.2.1.4 Impacts of Changes
in R&E on the Degree of Returns to Scale 7.2.1.5 Impacts of Changes in R&E
on the Shadow Value of Paddy Land 7.3 Empirical Results 7.3.1 Impacts of
Changes in the Stock of Technological Knowledge (R&E) on the Five Economic
Indicators 7.3.1.1 Impacts of Changes in R&E on the Supply of Rice 7.3.1.2
Impacts of Changes in R&E on the Demands for the Variable Factor Inputs
7.3.1.3 Impacts of Changes in R&E on the Amount of Variable Profits 7.3.1.4
Impacts of Changes in R&E on the Degree of Returns to Scale 7.3.1.5 Impacts
of Changes in R&E on the Shadow Value of Paddy Land 7.4 Summary and
Concluding Remarks 8 Summary and Conclusions

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'This book is full of useful information about the structure of Japanese agriculture, its transformation, and obstacles to achieve it. That is why I strongly recommend policymakers, governmental agricultural officers, agricultural specialists, and agricultural economists, including graduate students, to read this book, learn lessons from the Japanese experience, and draw socially and globally useful policy implications.'

Professor Keijiro Otsuka, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan

'This book is a must-read for researchers seeking to understand diverse aspects of and approaches to the study of Japanese agricultural structure, particularly in the rice sector.'

Professor Masayoshi Honma, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tokyo, Japan