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Property Rights, Land Liquidity and Internal Migration
Chernina, Eugenia; Castañeda Dower, Paul; Markevich, Andrei - 2013
Russian Empire. We propose that this dramatic migration was rooted in institutional changes initiated by the 1906 Stolypin … conditions in the reform area. However, this titling reform increased land liquidity and actually promoted migration by easing … sizeable effect on migration. To verify the land liquidity effect, we exploit variation in the number of households …
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Women's land rights as a pathway to poverty reduction : a framework and review of available evidence
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Doss, Cheryl R.; … - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012107191
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Why do farmers care about rented land? : unravelling the influence of tenure on farmers' soil management
Leonhardt, Heidi; Braito, Michael; Penker, Marianne - Agricultural Land Markets - Efficiency and Regulation - 2019
Rental shares of agricultural land are increasing in many countries, as are soil degradation and erosion. Theory suggests that these trends may be correlated, yet empirical findings are ambiguous. This research investigates the relationship between land tenure and farmers' soil management and...
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Property rights, intersectionality, and women's empowerment in Nepal
Pradhan, Rajendra; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth; Theis, Sophie - 2018
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A note on large-scale land acquisitions, commitment problems and international law
Diergarten, Yorck; Krieger, Tim - 2015
Poorly developed countries with weak institutions often face severe commitment problems. International investors are reluctant to invest in these countries because their property rights are insufficiently protected. We argue that in order to overcome the commitment problem countries may subject...
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Land issues in Vietnam 2006 - 14 : markets, property rights, and investment
Markussen, Thomas - 2015
This paper uses five waves of the Vietnam Access to Resources Household Survey (VARHS) to analyse land issues in Viet Nam from a number of different angles. The VARHS provides panel data at plot as well as household level and I use this rich data set to present descriptive results on...
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How institutions shape land deals : the role of corruption
Bujko, Matthias; Fischer, Christian; Krieger, Tim; … - 2014
Large-scale land acquisitions, or "land grabs", concentrate in developing countries which are also known for their corruption-friendly setting caused by a weak institutional framework. We argue that corrupt elites exploit this given institutional set-up to strike deals with international...
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Land property rights, cadasters and economic growth : a cross-country panel 1000-2015 CE
D'Arcy, Michelle; Nistotskaya, Marina; Olsson, Ola - 2021
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(De facto) historical ethnic borders and land tenure in Sub-Saharan Africa
Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio; Özak, Ömer - 2023
We study the role of proximity to historical ethnic borders in determining individual land ownership in Sub-Saharan Africa. Following an instrumental variable strategy, we document that individuals have a lower likelihood of owning land near historical ethnic borders. In particular, the...
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Colonial paradox : sugar, property rights and land inequality in java
Zwart, Pim de; Soekhradj, Phylicia - 2022
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