Land market distortions and aggregate agricultural productivity: Evidence from Guatemala
Farm size and land allocation are important factors in explaining lagging agricultural productivity in developing countries. This paper examines the effect of land market imperfections on land allocation across farmers and aggregate agricultural productivity. We develop a theoretical framework to mo...
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| author | Britos, Braulio Hernandez, Manuel A. Robles, Miguel Trupkin, Danilo R. |
| author_browse | Britos, Braulio Hernandez, Manuel A. Robles, Miguel Trupkin, Danilo R. |
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| description | Farm size and land allocation are important factors in explaining lagging agricultural productivity in developing countries. This paper examines the effect of land market imperfections on land allocation across farmers and aggregate agricultural productivity. We develop a theoretical framework to model the optimal size distribution of farms and assess to what extent market imperfections can explain non-optimal land allocation and output in-efficiency. We measure these distortions for the case of Guatemala using agricultural census microdata. We find that due to land market imperfections aggregate output is 19% below its efficient level for both maize and beans and 31% below for coffee, which are three major crops produced nationwide. The regions with higher distortions show a higher dispersion in land prices and less active rental markets. We also find that the degree of land market distortions across locations co-variate with road accessibility and ethnicity and, in a lower extent, with education. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1435542025-12-02T21:03:13Z Land market distortions and aggregate agricultural productivity: Evidence from Guatemala Britos, Braulio Hernandez, Manuel A. Robles, Miguel Trupkin, Danilo R. land markets maize crop production beans coffee agricultural productivity Farm size and land allocation are important factors in explaining lagging agricultural productivity in developing countries. This paper examines the effect of land market imperfections on land allocation across farmers and aggregate agricultural productivity. We develop a theoretical framework to model the optimal size distribution of farms and assess to what extent market imperfections can explain non-optimal land allocation and output in-efficiency. We measure these distortions for the case of Guatemala using agricultural census microdata. We find that due to land market imperfections aggregate output is 19% below its efficient level for both maize and beans and 31% below for coffee, which are three major crops produced nationwide. The regions with higher distortions show a higher dispersion in land prices and less active rental markets. We also find that the degree of land market distortions across locations co-variate with road accessibility and ethnicity and, in a lower extent, with education. 2020-11-01 2024-05-22T12:15:03Z 2024-05-22T12:15:03Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143554 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148104 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150336 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102787 https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.277031 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Britos, Braulio; Hernandez, Manuel A.; Robles, Miguel; and Trupkin, Danilo R. 2020. Land market distortions and aggregate agricultural productivity: Evidence from Guatemala. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1969. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134138. |
| spellingShingle | land markets maize crop production beans coffee agricultural productivity Britos, Braulio Hernandez, Manuel A. Robles, Miguel Trupkin, Danilo R. Land market distortions and aggregate agricultural productivity: Evidence from Guatemala |
| title | Land market distortions and aggregate agricultural productivity: Evidence from Guatemala |
| title_full | Land market distortions and aggregate agricultural productivity: Evidence from Guatemala |
| title_fullStr | Land market distortions and aggregate agricultural productivity: Evidence from Guatemala |
| title_full_unstemmed | Land market distortions and aggregate agricultural productivity: Evidence from Guatemala |
| title_short | Land market distortions and aggregate agricultural productivity: Evidence from Guatemala |
| title_sort | land market distortions and aggregate agricultural productivity evidence from guatemala |
| topic | land markets maize crop production beans coffee agricultural productivity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143554 |
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