Evaluating Efficiency Gains from Tenancy Reform Targeting a Heterogeneous Group of Sharecroppers: Evidence from India
Evaluating Efficiency Gains from Tenancy Reform Targeting a Heterogeneous Group of Sharecroppers: Evidence from India
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评估针对异质佃农群体的租赁改革所带来的效率收益：来自印度的证据
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2016
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S. Paul
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T. Kurosaki;R. Parinduri;S. Paul
本文重新评估了印度西孟加拉的一次租佃制改革（俗称“巴尔加行动”）对农业生产率的影响。我们采用了一个透明的经验策略的基础上合成控制。我们专注于不同强度的操作巴尔加在西孟加拉地区的比较地区的农业生产力与反事实的地区使用综合控制方法。在创建反事实区的同时，还解决了对农业气候多样性和有记录的土地改革历史的关切。我们发现了强有力的经验证据，对农业生产率增长的影响可以忽略不计。接下来，我们考虑一个理论框架，以估计潜在的收益，从操作巴尔加在几种类型的佃农。与实证研究结果相一致，我们得出结论，巴尔加行动的能力，以提高农业生产力的佃农的财富和生计结构的异质性严重制约。
This paper reevaluates the effect of a tenancy reform, popularly known as Operation Barga, on agricultural productivity in West Bengal, India. We employ a transparent empirical strategy based on synthetic control. We focus on the varying intensity of Operation Barga across West Bengal districts by comparing the districts' agricultural productivity with that of counterfactual districts using the synthetic control approach. Concerns over agro-climatic diversity and the recorded history of land reforms were also addressed while creating counterfactual districts. We find robust empirical evidence of a negligible effect on agricultural productivity growth. Next, we consider a theoretical framework to estimate the potential gains from Operation Barga in light of several types of sharecroppers. Consistent with the empirical findings, we conclude that the capacity of Operation Barga to enhance agricultural productivity is heavily constrained by the heterogeneity of sharecroppers in terms of wealth and livelihood structure.