Land Rental Markets in the Process of Rural Structural Transformation: Productivity and Equity Impacts from China
While the importance of land rental for overall economic development has long been recognized in theory, empirical evidence on the productivity and equity impact of such markets and the extent to which they realize their potential has been scant. Representative data from China's nine most important agricultural provinces illustrate the impact of rental markets on households' economic strategies, their welfare, and productivity of land use at the plot level. While there are positive impacts in each of these dimensions, transaction costs constrain participation by many producers, thus preventing rental markets from attaining their full potential. Factors that increase transaction costs are identified, together with a rough estimate of the productivity- and equity- impact of removing them.
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2007
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Authors: | Jin, Songqing ; Deininger, Klaus W. |
Institutions: | Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA |
Keywords: | Land Economics/Use |
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