This paper analyzes the effects of land market restrictions on the rural labor market outcomes for women. The existing … literature emphasizes two mechanisms through which land restrictions can affect the economic outcomes: the collateral value of … land, and (in) security of property rights. Analysis of this paper focuses on an alternative mechanism where land …

This paper proposes a spatial equilibrium model to quantify welfare losses from land market distortions in China. In … labor migration, and land market distortions. We match land transaction and firm-level survey data to estimate land market … distortions for firms. Misallocation arises when similar firms are faced with land prices that effectively prevent productive …

This paper examines the conditions of emergence of agricultural land markets in the cotton zone of Burkina Faso. I use … urbanization on the probability of selling and renting agricultural land. After controlling for the potential endogeneity of … urbanization, both on the probability of sales and of rentals of agricultural land at the village level …

Two kinds of government intervention in the land market are considered. The first is the control of development, of … controls. Growth control may raise the price of land, allowing an infrastructure charge to be made or growth may be limited by … charging impact fees. The second kind of intervention aims to increase the supply of land, either by direct action, as in the …