Land Reform in the Middle East
A Note on its Redistributive Effects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9978669 |
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| Authors | Hossein Askari (0000-0002-8973-366X, The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author), John Cummings (The University of Texas at Austin), John Thomas Cummings, James Toth |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 267-279 |
| Publication date | 1977-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Iranian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00210867708701534 |
| OpenAlex | W1991037159 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
In any program of land reform, the method of determining compensation for the land to the former landlord and the cost to the peasant can be of great social and economic significance. This possibility arises from the fact that the officially determined value of redistributed land—whether it is below, equal to, or above the true market value—could have a considerable direct effect on the distribution of wealth among the various socioeconomic classes. Especially in more traditional societies, where the tax system is not well developed, such a one-time redistribution of wealth may be the most dramatic option open to the policy maker who wishes to mitigate income inequalities. Furthermore, such a change in income distribution, in turn, will influence many other economic variables. For instance, an increase in rural incomes, ceteris paribus, would tend to slow down rural-urban migration; this would then lower urban unemployment and raise urban incomes
Ceteris paribus · Demographic economics · Development economics · Distribution (mathematics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Income distribution · Inequality · Labour economics · Landlord · Microeconomics · Peasant · Political science · Redistribution (election · Redistribution of income and wealth · Socioeconomic status · Unemployment · Value (mathematics · Land Rights and Reforms
| Highly cited | No |
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