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The Chilean agricultural transformation during the second half of the twentieth century : a story of institutional change
Saravia, Antonio (contributor) - 2008
Tenure ; Agricultural ; Economics ; Chile … accounting for only five percent of the value of Chile's total exports in the late 1960s, agricultural exports grew to account …The second half of the twentieth century witnessed a dramatic transformation of the Chilean agricultural sector. From …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003758935
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The Chilean agricultural transformation during the second half of the twentieth century: A story of institutional change
Saravia, Antonio - Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Desarrollo (INESAD) - 2008
accounting for only five percent of the value of Chile’s total exports in the late 1960s, agricultural exports grew to account …The second half of the twentieth century witnessed a dramatic transformation of the Chilean agricultural sector. From … the transformation of the Chilean agricultural sector can be associated with institutional changes or modifications to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005021963
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014249737
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014276040
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Village political economy, land tenure insecurity, and the rural to urban migration decision : evidence from China
Giles, John; Mu, Ren - 2014
This paper investigates the impact of land tenure insecurity on the migration decisions of China's rural residents. A simple model first frames the relationship among these variables and the probability that a reallocation of land will occur in the following year. After first demonstrating that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010434464
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Do farmers care about rented land? : a multi-method study on land tenure and soil conservation
Leonhardt, Heidi; Salhofer, Klaus; Penker, Marianne - Agricultural Land Markets - Efficiency and Regulation - 2018
Does ownership status of agricultural land determine farmers' soil use behaviour? Why (not)? We investigate this old …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012012457
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Land rights, agricultural productivity, and deforestation in Viet Nam
Abman, Ryan; Carney, Conor - 2018
This paper studies the relationship between land tenure for smallholder agriculture and deforestation in Viet Nam. We combine high resolution satellite data on deforestation with rich household and commune-level, biannual panel data. We study two margins of tenure security, whether a household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894307
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The colonial legacy in India : how persistent are the effects of historical institutions?
Lakshmi Iyer; Weir, Coleson - 2024
agricultural investments and productivity in areas with landlord-based colonial land tenure systems. Our updated data finds that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014545242
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Transaction Costs in Tenancy Relationship, Fragment Level of Land Property Rights and Agricultural Development
Gao, Yanyan - 2009
real world and keep on increasing during the evolution of agricultural tenancy history due to the persistent fragment of … are helpful to afford the increasing transaction costs. The above arguments are mainly drawn from China's agricultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012718876
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014358048