Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1983. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-115).

Thesis (M.A. in anthropology)--Washington State University, December 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-161).

As a growing developing economy, China impressed the world by its astonishing growth rate and fast structural transformation. Mean-while, the openness also increased a lot after China adopted the reform and opening up policy in 1978. This paper first constructs real GDP, capital and labor series in China from 1952 to 2012 following instructions by some scholars, and then uses the simple growth accounting method to show that the agricultural productivity growth plays an important role in structural transformation: higher agricultural productivity growth accompanies with further structural transformation, or, lower agricultural employment share. And the role does not change much when the openness of China becomes higher, inconsistent from the outcome of Matsuyama (1992) at a first glance. / 作為一個在成長的發展中國家，中國驚人的增長率和快速的結構轉型給世界留下了深刻的印象。同時，在中國1978 年實行改革開放的政策後，中國的開放程度也大大增加。本文根據一些學者提供的思路構建了中國1952 至2012 年的實際GDP、勞動力及資本的時間序列，然後用簡單增長核算方法展示了農業的生產率增長在結構轉型方面的重要角色：更高的農業相對生產率增長會伴隨更深的結構轉型。當中國的開放程度變高時，這種角色沒有太多改變。初步地看，這和Matsuyama (1992)文中的描述並不一致。 / Chen, Xilu. / Thesis M.Phil. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2015. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-87). / Abstracts also in Chinese. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on 11, October, 2016). / Detailed summary in vernacular field only.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Florida, 2009. / Title from title page of source document. Document formatted into pages; contains 507 pages. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Rural-urban migration in Sub-Saharan African countries has been increasing since the 1960s. In Senegal from 1961 to 1996, it grew 7.6% per annum. Labour market in the modern industrial and service sectors is so depressed that urban workers face high unemployment and poverty rates, and live in substandard conditions in the fringe urban sector. The purpose of this study is to examine policies needed to reduce rural-urban migration through selected agricultural investments, especially given that a long run of low agricultural productivity has been a major cause of rural-urban migration flows. / Based on a recursive system of equations, an estimate was made of rural-urban migration elasticity caused by agricultural inputs and their impact on migration. The model used combines a Cobb-Douglas agricultural production equation along with a rural-urban migration equation with agricultural output as an explanatory variable. The study period is 36 years from 1961 to 1996. / Our findings support the hypothesis that rural-urban migration is a positive outcome function of the urban-rural wage ratio that is proxied by the ratio of urban per capita income to rural per capita income. The results justify the design of a policy aimed at reducing rural-urban migration flows through increasing per capita earnings by means of increased agricultural investments. For instance, 10% increase of fertiliser lowers rural-urban migration by 20.5% while 10% increase of agricultural infrastructure reduces rural-urban migration of about 32.2%. If one extrapolates these results, fertiliser and infrastructure need to be increased respectively by 36% and 25% or both inputs by 13.09% to reach rural-urban migration annual rate of 2%, the level of industrial labour demand.

Mémoire (M.Ress.Renouv.)--Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 1995. / Résumé disponible sur Internet. CaQCU Document électronique également accessible en format PDF. CaQCU

Thesis (doctoral)--Göteborgs Universitet, 2007. / Added t.p. with thesis statement inserted. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Purdue University, 1999. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 163-177).