Land Reforms, Poverty Reduction, and Economic Growth : Evidence from India

Recognition of the importance of institutions that provide security of property rights and relatively equal access to economic resources to a broad cross-section of society has renewed interest in the potential of asset redistribution, including la...

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Main Authors: Deininger, Klaus, Jin, Songqing, Nagarajan, Hari K.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/12/8887390/land-reforms-poverty-reduction-economic-growth-evidence-india
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spelling okr-10986-75312021-04-23T14:02:35Z Land Reforms, Poverty Reduction, and Economic Growth : Evidence from India Deininger, Klaus Jin, Songqing Nagarajan, Hari K. AGRARIAN ECONOMY AGRARIAN REFORM AGRARIAN STRUCTURE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION ARABLE LAND AREA ASSET REDISTRIBUTION CENTRAL AMERICA COLLECTIVE ACTION COLONIAL LAND COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COUNTERFACTUAL CULTIVATION DEMOCRACY DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS DISTRIBUTION OF LAND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION ECONOMICS EGALITARIAN DISTRIBUTION EVICTIONS FARM ASSETS FARM OUTPUT FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARM SIZE FARMS GENDER HIGH INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL DATA HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DYNAMICS INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL TRADE IRRIGATED LAND LAND ACQUISITION LAND ASSETS LAND DISTRIBUTION LAND INEQUALITY LAND LEASING LAND MARKETS LAND OWNERS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PRICES LAND QUALITY LAND REDISTRIBUTION LAND REFORM LAND REFORM BENEFICIARIES LAND REFORMS LAND RENTAL LAND RIGHTS LAND TENURE LAND TRANSFERS LAND USE LAND UTILIZATION LANDLESS AGRICULTURAL WORKERS LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS LANDLESSNESS LANDLORDS LANDOWNERS LATIN AMERICAN LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK MACROECONOMICS NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLIGARCHY PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POINTS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT POLITICAL INFLUENCE POLITICAL POWER POOR POOR FARMERS POOR TENANTS POVERTY REDUCTION PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES REDISTRIBUTIVE REFORM RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL CREDIT RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOME RURAL LABOR RURAL POPULATION SOCIAL COSTS SOUTH AMERICA TRANSACTION COSTS URBAN DEVELOPMENT WAR Recognition of the importance of institutions that provide security of property rights and relatively equal access to economic resources to a broad cross-section of society has renewed interest in the potential of asset redistribution, including land reforms. Empirical analysis of the impact of such policies is, however, scant and often contradictory. This paper uses panel household data from India, together with state-level variation in the implementation of land reform, to address some of the deficiencies of earlier studies. The results suggest that land reform had a significant and positive impact on income growth and accumulation of human and physical capital. The paper draws policy implications, especially from the fact that the observed impact of land reform seems to have declined over time. 2012-06-08T15:48:14Z 2012-06-08T15:48:14Z 2007-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/12/8887390/land-reforms-poverty-reduction-economic-growth-evidence-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7531 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4448 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia India
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topic AGRARIAN ECONOMY
AGRARIAN REFORM
AGRARIAN STRUCTURE
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL POLICY
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURE
ALLOCATION
ARABLE LAND AREA
ASSET REDISTRIBUTION
CENTRAL AMERICA
COLLECTIVE ACTION
COLONIAL LAND
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COUNTERFACTUAL
CULTIVATION
DEMOCRACY
DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS
DISTRIBUTION OF LAND
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC FACTORS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION
ECONOMICS
EGALITARIAN DISTRIBUTION
EVICTIONS
FARM ASSETS
FARM OUTPUT
FARM PRODUCTIVITY
FARM SIZE
FARMS
GENDER
HIGH INEQUALITY
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD HEADS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL DATA
HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DYNAMICS
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME REDISTRIBUTION
INEQUALITY
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
IRRIGATED LAND
LAND ACQUISITION
LAND ASSETS
LAND DISTRIBUTION
LAND INEQUALITY
LAND LEASING
LAND MARKETS
LAND OWNERS
LAND OWNERSHIP
LAND PRICES
LAND QUALITY
LAND REDISTRIBUTION
LAND REFORM
LAND REFORM BENEFICIARIES
LAND REFORMS
LAND RENTAL
LAND RIGHTS
LAND TENURE
LAND TRANSFERS
LAND USE
LAND UTILIZATION
LANDLESS AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS
LANDLESSNESS
LANDLORDS
LANDOWNERS
LATIN AMERICAN
LIVELIHOODS
LIVESTOCK
MACROECONOMICS
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
OLIGARCHY
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
POINTS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
POLITICAL INFLUENCE
POLITICAL POWER
POOR
POOR FARMERS
POOR TENANTS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SPENDING
REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES
REDISTRIBUTIVE REFORM
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL CREDIT
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL INCOME
RURAL LABOR
RURAL POPULATION
SOCIAL COSTS
SOUTH AMERICA
TRANSACTION COSTS
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
WAR
spellingShingle AGRARIAN ECONOMY
AGRARIAN REFORM
AGRARIAN STRUCTURE
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL POLICY
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURE
ALLOCATION
ARABLE LAND AREA
ASSET REDISTRIBUTION
CENTRAL AMERICA
COLLECTIVE ACTION
COLONIAL LAND
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COUNTERFACTUAL
CULTIVATION
DEMOCRACY
DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS
DISTRIBUTION OF LAND
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC FACTORS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION
ECONOMICS
EGALITARIAN DISTRIBUTION
EVICTIONS
FARM ASSETS
FARM OUTPUT
FARM PRODUCTIVITY
FARM SIZE
FARMS
GENDER
HIGH INEQUALITY
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD HEADS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL DATA
HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DYNAMICS
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME REDISTRIBUTION
INEQUALITY
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
IRRIGATED LAND
LAND ACQUISITION
LAND ASSETS
LAND DISTRIBUTION
LAND INEQUALITY
LAND LEASING
LAND MARKETS
LAND OWNERS
LAND OWNERSHIP
LAND PRICES
LAND QUALITY
LAND REDISTRIBUTION
LAND REFORM
LAND REFORM BENEFICIARIES
LAND REFORMS
LAND RENTAL
LAND RIGHTS
LAND TENURE
LAND TRANSFERS
LAND USE
LAND UTILIZATION
LANDLESS AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS
LANDLESSNESS
LANDLORDS
LANDOWNERS
LATIN AMERICAN
LIVELIHOODS
LIVESTOCK
MACROECONOMICS
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
OLIGARCHY
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
POINTS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
POLITICAL INFLUENCE
POLITICAL POWER
POOR
POOR FARMERS
POOR TENANTS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SPENDING
REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES
REDISTRIBUTIVE REFORM
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL CREDIT
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL INCOME
RURAL LABOR
RURAL POPULATION
SOCIAL COSTS
SOUTH AMERICA
TRANSACTION COSTS
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
WAR
Deininger, Klaus
Jin, Songqing
Nagarajan, Hari K.
Land Reforms, Poverty Reduction, and Economic Growth : Evidence from India
geographic_facet South Asia
India
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4448
description Recognition of the importance of institutions that provide security of property rights and relatively equal access to economic resources to a broad cross-section of society has renewed interest in the potential of asset redistribution, including land reforms. Empirical analysis of the impact of such policies is, however, scant and often contradictory. This paper uses panel household data from India, together with state-level variation in the implementation of land reform, to address some of the deficiencies of earlier studies. The results suggest that land reform had a significant and positive impact on income growth and accumulation of human and physical capital. The paper draws policy implications, especially from the fact that the observed impact of land reform seems to have declined over time.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Deininger, Klaus
Jin, Songqing
Nagarajan, Hari K.
author_facet Deininger, Klaus
Jin, Songqing
Nagarajan, Hari K.
author_sort Deininger, Klaus
title Land Reforms, Poverty Reduction, and Economic Growth : Evidence from India
title_short Land Reforms, Poverty Reduction, and Economic Growth : Evidence from India
title_full Land Reforms, Poverty Reduction, and Economic Growth : Evidence from India
title_fullStr Land Reforms, Poverty Reduction, and Economic Growth : Evidence from India
title_full_unstemmed Land Reforms, Poverty Reduction, and Economic Growth : Evidence from India
title_sort land reforms, poverty reduction, and economic growth : evidence from india
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/12/8887390/land-reforms-poverty-reduction-economic-growth-evidence-india
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7531
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