Communal land and agricultural productivity
Communal land and agricultural productivity
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.11.001
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发表时间：
2019-05
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
Charles Gottlieb;Jan Grobovšek
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作者：
Charles Gottlieb;Jan Grobovšek
公有土地保有制在许多发展中国家很普遍。它实施了一项“使用它或失去它”的原则，允许所有者耕种他们的土地，但限制他们转让土地的权利。本文测量的扭曲影响的公共土地的职业选择的动态一般均衡模型，校准到埃塞俄比亚。我们发现，取消公有土地所有权将使GDP增加9%，并使农业就业率降低18个百分点。农业生产率提高，非农业生产率下降。在最贫穷的经济体中，共有土地保有权使一半的相对农业生产力差距合理化。不过，它对总生产率的影响相对较小。
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.