Secure land tenure is important to the development process, but China's rural reforms have so far failed to provide … farm households with this security. We examine the political economy of land tenure and find that local governments … likely source of the under-development of land rental markets. Our results further suggest that decreases in distortionary …

Secure land tenure is important to the development process, but China’s rural reforms have so far failed to provide … farm households with this security. We examine the political economy of land tenure and find that local governments … likely source of the under-development of land rental markets. Our results further suggest that decreases in distortionary …

examine the devolution of land rights from village governments to villagers and the corresponding evolution of tenure security … in agricultural land. We find econometric support for the statistical and economic importance of four explanations for … village leaders and property rights in agricultural land, and hence suggest policy levers to encourage more secure property …

Purpose – Developing nations need good cultivated land rental markets to foster rational resource use and to enhance … productivity and equity. Can cultivated land rental markets emerge in the face of rapidly developing off-farm labor markets? The … purpose of this paper is to measure the correlation between the emergence of off-farm employment and cultivated land rental in …