David Lagakos

University of California, San Diego
David Lagakos

David Lagakos is a Lead Academic for IGC Ghana.

David Lagakos is an associate Professor of Economics at UC San Diego. He received his Ph.D in economics from UCLA. He as previously held positions at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis as well as Arizona State University, and is currently a research associate with the Economic Fluctuations and Growth Group at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research focuses on macroeconomic and growth theory. Much of his recent work examines productivity, particularly as it relates to agriculture and developing economies, as well as human capital.

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The Agricultural Productivity Gap in Developing Countries

According to national accounts data for developing countries, value added per worker is on average four times higher in the non-agriculture sector than in agriculture.

01 January 2012
Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
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