We study the effect of changes in land tenure, launched by the 1906 Stolypin reform, on agricultural productivity in … allotments. Our estimations suggest that the net effect of the reform on land productivity was positive, mainly due to land … component of the reform decreased land productivity in the short-run, arguably because of transaction costs …

affected the productivity and welfare of wheat farmers in China for a dataset that covers all the major rural reforms … which led to a faster growth of the incentive component of productivity. Due to random weather shocks this response did not …

actually lead to welfare losses. The welfare effects are affected by the size of transaction costs, relative farm productivity …

North on farm choices and agricultural productivity. We find that the higher distortions in north Vietnam reduce …The expansion in farm size is an important contributor to agricultural productivity in developed countries, but the … agricultural productivity? We develop a model of heterogeneous farms making cropping choices and investing in productivity …

individual farms in recent years, average land productivity of both farm types is practically identical and wheat yields are even … productivity, agricultural transition, farm organisation, Kazakhstan …

institutions, reforms and (labour) productivity growth in agriculture is analysed within an augmented neo-classical growth model … democratic institutions, have positively contributed to the (labour) productivity growth in former communist countries …