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Communal land tenure is prevalent across many developing countries. It implements a “use it or lose it” principle that allows owners to farm their land but restricts their right to transfer it away. This paper measures the distortionary impact of communal land in a dynamic general equilibrium model of occupational selection, calibrated to Ethiopia. We find that lifting communal land tenure increases GDP by 9% and lowers agricultural employment by 18 percentage points. While agricultural productivity increases, that of non-agriculture drops. Communal land tenure rationalizes about one-half of the relative agricultural productivity gap in the poorest economies. Its impact on aggregate productivity, though, is comparatively minor.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 135-152 |
Journal | Journal of Development Economics |
Volume | 138 |
Early online date | 5 Dec 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30 May 2019 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- agricultural productivity
- growth and development
- misallocation
- land
- Africa
- Ethiopia
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Misallocation, Agriculture and Aggregate Productivity - The Role of Insecure Land Rights and Missing Financial Markets.
Grobovsek, J. & Kircher, P.
1/09/14 → 31/08/17
Project: Research