Partial Land Rights and Agricultural Outcomes: Evidence from Thailand

TitlePartial Land Rights and Agricultural Outcomes: Evidence from Thailand
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Year of Publication2015
AuthorsChankrajang T
Secondary TitleLand Economics
Volume91
Issue1
Pagination126-148
Key themesAgriculturalModernization, Formalisation-titling, Policy-law
Abstract

To disentangle the issue concerning which dimensions of land rights, among security, tradability and pledgeability, affect agricultural outcomes, this paper exploits a unique partial land rights entitlement programme in Thailand, which guarantees only security, allows a limited access to credit, and prohibits any land sale. Based on an instrumental variable strategy, I find that the entitlement increases (1) second rice but not major rice productivity, (2) land use intensity, and leads to changes in (3) land use pattern, (4) land-related investment, and (5) better soil quality. This suggests that security dimension, alone, can play important roles in improving farm activities.

URLhttps://editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conference/download.cgi?db_name=res2011&paper_id=897
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Thailand

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Journal Article