Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Rural Land Rental Restrictions : Evidence from India

Recognition of the potentially deleterious implications of inequality in opportunity originating in a skewed asset distribution has spawned considerable interest in land reforms. However, little attention has been devoted to the fact that, in the longer-term, the measures used to implement land refo...

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Main Authors:	Deininger, Klaus, Jin, Songqing, Nagarajan, Hari K.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Land Ownership and Tenure Land Reform Land Use Irrigation Agriculture and Environment Q150 Agricultural Policy Food Policy Q180
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5622

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spelling	okr-10986-56222021-04-23T14:02:23Z Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Rural Land Rental Restrictions : Evidence from India Deininger, Klaus Jin, Songqing Nagarajan, Hari K. Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Land Ownership and Tenure Land Reform Land Use Irrigation Agriculture and Environment Q150 Agricultural Policy Food Policy Q180 Recognition of the potentially deleterious implications of inequality in opportunity originating in a skewed asset distribution has spawned considerable interest in land reforms. However, little attention has been devoted to the fact that, in the longer-term, the measures used to implement land reforms, especially rental restrictions, could negatively affect productivity. Use of state level data on rental restrictions, together with a nationally representative survey from India suggests that, contrary to original intentions, rental restrictions negatively affect productivity and equity by reducing scope for efficiency-enhancing rental transactions that benefit poor producers. Simulations suggest that, by doubling the number of producers with access to land through rental, from about 15 million currently, liberalization of rental markets could have far-reaching impacts. 2012-03-30T07:33:43Z 2012-03-30T07:33:43Z 2008 Journal Article European Economic Review 00142921 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5622 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article India
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topic	Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Land Ownership and Tenure Land Reform Land Use Irrigation Agriculture and Environment Q150 Agricultural Policy Food Policy Q180
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description	Recognition of the potentially deleterious implications of inequality in opportunity originating in a skewed asset distribution has spawned considerable interest in land reforms. However, little attention has been devoted to the fact that, in the longer-term, the measures used to implement land reforms, especially rental restrictions, could negatively affect productivity. Use of state level data on rental restrictions, together with a nationally representative survey from India suggests that, contrary to original intentions, rental restrictions negatively affect productivity and equity by reducing scope for efficiency-enhancing rental transactions that benefit poor producers. Simulations suggest that, by doubling the number of producers with access to land through rental, from about 15 million currently, liberalization of rental markets could have far-reaching impacts.
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author	Deininger, Klaus Jin, Songqing Nagarajan, Hari K.
author_facet	Deininger, Klaus Jin, Songqing Nagarajan, Hari K.
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title	Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Rural Land Rental Restrictions : Evidence from India
title_short	Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Rural Land Rental Restrictions : Evidence from India
title_full	Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Rural Land Rental Restrictions : Evidence from India
title_fullStr	Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Rural Land Rental Restrictions : Evidence from India
title_full_unstemmed	Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Rural Land Rental Restrictions : Evidence from India
title_sort	efficiency and equity impacts of rural land rental restrictions : evidence from india
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Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Rural Land Rental Restrictions : Evidence from India

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