Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Rural Land Rental Restrictions : Evidence from India

Deininger, Klaus ; Jin, Songqing ; Nagarajan, Hari K.

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO INFORMATION;    AGENTS;    AGRARIAN REFORM;    AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT;    AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-4324
RP-ID  :  WPS4324

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Recognition of the potentiallydeleterious implications of inequality in opportunityoriginating in a skewed asset distribution has spawnedconsiderable interest in land reforms. However, littleattention has been devoted to fact that, in the longer term,the measures used to implement land reforms could negativelyaffect productivity. Use of state level data on rentalrestrictions, together with a nationally representativesurvey from India, suggests that, contrary to originalintentions, rental restrictions negatively affectproductivity and equity. The restrictions reduce the scopefor efficiency-enhancing rental transactions that benefitpoor producers. Simulations suggest that, by doubling thenumber of producers with access to land through rental, fromabout 15 million currently, liberalization of rental marketscould have far-reaching impacts.