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The Cost of Property Rights : Establishing Institutions on the Philippine Frontier Under American Rule, 1898-1918

Maurer, Noel - 2010

We examine three reforms to property rights introduced by the United States in the Philippines in the early 20th century: the redistribution of large estates to their tenants, the creation of a system of secure land titles, and a homestead program to encourage cultivation of public lands. During...

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Contracting Out the Last-Mile of Service Delivery : Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesia

Banerjee, Abhijit V. - 2016

which a procurement process was introduced that allowed citizens to bid to take over the implementation of a subsidized rice … reported the quality of the rice improved. Bidding committees may have avoided quality problems by choosing bidders who had …

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The Impact of Rainfall on Rice Output in Indonesia

Levine, David I. - 2014

rainfall shocks on rice output at the district level. Our analysis makes use of local meteorological data on rainfall in … combination with government administrative data on district-level rice output in the 1990s. We find that deviations from mean … local rainfall are positively associated with district-level rice output. 10% higher rainfall leads metric tons of rice …

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A Sticky-Price View of Hoarding

Hansman, Christopher; Hong, Harrison G.; de Paula, Aureo; … - 2021

covering the 2008 global rice crisis—a shock triggered by an Indian rice export ban—we find that household hoarding anticipated …

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China's Land Market Auctions : Evidence of Corruption

Cai, Hongbin - 2010

This paper studies the urban land market in China in 2003--2007. In China, all urban land is owned by the state. Leasehold use rights for land for (re)development are sold by city governments and are a key source of city revenue. Leasehold sales are viewed as a major venue for corruption,...

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Property Rights, Land Misallocation and Agricultural Efficiency in China

Chari, A.V. - 2017

This paper examines the impact of a property rights reform in rural China that allowed farmers to lease out their land. We find the reform led to increases in land rental activity in rural households. Consistent with a model of transaction costs in land markets, our results indicate that the...

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Land Reform and Productivity : A Quantitative Analysis with Micro Data

Adamopoulos, Tasso - 2020

We assess the effects of a major land policy change on farm size and agricultural productivity using a quantitative model and micro-level data. We study the 1988 land reform in the Philippines that imposed a ceiling on land holdings, redistributed above-ceiling lands to landless and smallholder...

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Land Reform and Sex Selection in China

Almond, Douglas - 2013

Following the death of Mao in 1976, agrarian decision-making shifted from the collective to individual households, unleashing rapid growth in farm output and unprecedented reductions in poverty. In new data on reform timing in 914 counties, we find an immediate trend break in the fraction of...

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Rural Demography, Public Services and Land Rights in Africa : a Village-Level Analysis in Burkina Faso

McMillan, Margaret - 2012

This paper uses historical census data from Burkina Faso to characterize local demographic pressures associated with internal migration into river valleys after Onchocerciasis eradication, combined with a new survey of village elders to document change over time and differences across villages...

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De Facto and De Jure Property Rights : Land Settlement and Land Conflict on the Australian, Brazilian and U.S. Frontiers

Alston, Lee J. - 2010

We present a conceptual framework to better understand the interaction between settlement and the emergence of de facto property rights on frontiers prior to governments establishing and enforcing de jure property rights. In this framework, potential rents associated with more exclusivity drives...

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