Land Tenure and Productivity in Agriculture: The Case of the Stolypin Reform in Late Imperial Russia
We study the effect of improvements in peasants’ land tenure, launched by the Stolypin reform, on agricultural productivity in late imperial Russia. The reform allowed peasants to obtain land titles and consolidate plots. We find that land consolidations increased productivity. We argue that changes in peasant de facto land usage rights caused this effect. In contrast, the titling component of the reform was associated with a decrease in land productivity. We present evidence that this negative effect was driven by transaction costs to exit the commune and the outflow of labor from the countryside.
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2013-12
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Authors: | Dower, Paul Castaneda ; Markevich, Andrei |
Institutions: | Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR), New Economic School (NES) |
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