Property Rights, Land Misallocation, and Agricultural Efficiency in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23344192 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A V Chari (University of Sussex), Amalavoyal Chari (University of Sussex), Elaine M Liu (0000-0002-9513-994X, University of Houston and NBER), Shing-Yi Wang (0000-0001-7709-9537, University of Pennsylvania and NBER, corresponding author), Yongxiang Wang (0000-0002-0463-1104, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen), Yong‐Xiang Wang (0000-0001-5557-0076, Shanghai Jiao Tong University) |
| Editors | Uta Schoenberg |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1831-1862 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Economic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6527 • E-ISSN: 1467-937X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/restud/rdaa072 |
| OpenAlex | W2772061290 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 71 |
| References cited | 42 |
This article examines the impact of a property rights reform in rural China that allowed farmers to lease out their land. We find the reform led to increases in land rental activity in rural households. Our results indicate that the formalization of leasing rights resulted in a redistribution of land toward more-productive farmers. Consequently, output and aggregate productivity increased by 8$\%$ and 10$\%$, respectively. We also find that the reform increased the responsiveness of land allocation across crops to changes in crop prices.
Agricultural economics · Agricultural land · Agricultural productivity · Agriculture · China · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Land reform · Lease · Microeconomics · Natural resource economics · Political science · Politics · Productivity · Property rights · Redistribution (election) · Renting · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Finance · Land Rights and Reforms
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| Unique citing works | 71 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 10,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2027 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 64 |