Journal of Political Economy Vol. 101 No. 3 1993
Monitoring Costs in Chinese Agricultural Teams
Abstract
Large productivity gains have been observed in Chinese agriculture following the transition from collective farming to household contracting. Using a model of mutual monitoring in an egalitarian production team, we estimate that labor supervision absorbed about 10-20 percent of total labor time for a sample of Chinese agricultural teams during 1970-76. These agency costs are lower than comparable estimates derived from aggregate data.
- DOI
- 10.1086/261886
- Volume
- 101
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 539-553
- Language
- en
- Sources
- openalex crossref