Productivity Effects of Land Rental Market Operation in Ethiopia : Evidence from a Matched Tenant-Landlord Sample

As countries increasingly strive to transform their economies from agriculture‐based into a diversified one, land rental will become of greater importance. It will thus be critical to complement research on the efficiency of specific land rental arrangements such as sharecropping with an inquiry int...

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Main Authors:	Deininger, Klaus, Ali, Daniel Ayalew, Alemu, Tekie
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2013
Subjects:	sharecropping contracts agricultural efficiency matched tenant-landlord
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13378

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spelling	okr-10986-133782021-04-23T14:03:08Z Productivity Effects of Land Rental Market Operation in Ethiopia : Evidence from a Matched Tenant-Landlord Sample Deininger, Klaus Ali, Daniel Ayalew Alemu, Tekie sharecropping contracts agricultural efficiency matched tenant-landlord As countries increasingly strive to transform their economies from agriculture‐based into a diversified one, land rental will become of greater importance. It will thus be critical to complement research on the efficiency of specific land rental arrangements such as sharecropping with an inquiry into the broader productivity impacts of the land rental market. Plot‐level data for a matched landlord–tenant sample in an environment where sharecropping dominates allow us to explore both issues. We find that pure output sharing leads to significantly lower levels of efficiency that can be attenuated by monitoring while the inefficiency disappears if inputs are shared as well. Rentals transfer land to more productive producers but realization of this productivity advantage is prevented by the inefficiency of contractual arrangements, suggesting changes that would prompt adoption of different contractual arrangements could have significant benefits. 2013-05-10T21:00:02Z 2013-05-10T21:00:02Z 2012-12-03 Journal Article Applied Economics 0003-6846 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13378 en_US Applied Economics;45(25) CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Ethiopia
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spellingShingle	sharecropping contracts agricultural efficiency matched tenant-landlord Deininger, Klaus Ali, Daniel Ayalew Alemu, Tekie Productivity Effects of Land Rental Market Operation in Ethiopia : Evidence from a Matched Tenant-Landlord Sample
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description	As countries increasingly strive to transform their economies from agriculture‐based into a diversified one, land rental will become of greater importance. It will thus be critical to complement research on the efficiency of specific land rental arrangements such as sharecropping with an inquiry into the broader productivity impacts of the land rental market. Plot‐level data for a matched landlord–tenant sample in an environment where sharecropping dominates allow us to explore both issues. We find that pure output sharing leads to significantly lower levels of efficiency that can be attenuated by monitoring while the inefficiency disappears if inputs are shared as well. Rentals transfer land to more productive producers but realization of this productivity advantage is prevented by the inefficiency of contractual arrangements, suggesting changes that would prompt adoption of different contractual arrangements could have significant benefits.
format	Journal Article
author	Deininger, Klaus Ali, Daniel Ayalew Alemu, Tekie
author_facet	Deininger, Klaus Ali, Daniel Ayalew Alemu, Tekie
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title	Productivity Effects of Land Rental Market Operation in Ethiopia : Evidence from a Matched Tenant-Landlord Sample
title_short	Productivity Effects of Land Rental Market Operation in Ethiopia : Evidence from a Matched Tenant-Landlord Sample
title_full	Productivity Effects of Land Rental Market Operation in Ethiopia : Evidence from a Matched Tenant-Landlord Sample
title_fullStr	Productivity Effects of Land Rental Market Operation in Ethiopia : Evidence from a Matched Tenant-Landlord Sample
title_full_unstemmed	Productivity Effects of Land Rental Market Operation in Ethiopia : Evidence from a Matched Tenant-Landlord Sample
title_sort	productivity effects of land rental market operation in ethiopia : evidence from a matched tenant-landlord sample
publisher	Taylor and Francis
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Productivity Effects of Land Rental Market Operation in Ethiopia : Evidence from a Matched Tenant-Landlord Sample

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