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Collectivization and China's Agricultural Crisis in 1959–1961

Justin Yifu Lin · Journal of Political Economy 98(6), 1228–1252 · 1990

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Justin Yifu Lin
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DOI 10.1086/261732
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2026-09-01

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DisputedJustin Yifu Lin argued that removing the right to withdraw from collectives in autumn 1958 turned collective farming from a repeated into a one-time game, so the self-enforcing contract on work discipline broke down and agricultural productivity collapsed in 1959–1961.