Land lease markets and agricultural efficiency in Ethiopia

This paper develops a theoretical model of land leasing that includes transaction costs of enforcing labour effort, risk pooling motives and non-tradable capital inputs. We test the implications of this model compared to those of the "Marshallian" (unenforceable labour effort) and "New School" (cost...

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Autores principales: Pender, John L., Fafchamps, Marcel
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/172048
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description This paper develops a theoretical model of land leasing that includes transaction costs of enforcing labour effort, risk pooling motives and non-tradable capital inputs. We test the implications of this model compared to those of the "Marshallian" (unenforceable labour effort) and "New School" (costlessly enforceable effort) perspectives using data collected from four villages in Ethiopia. We find that land lease markets operate relatively efficiently in the villages studied, supporting the New School perspective. We find that other household and village characteristics do affect input use and output value, suggesting imperfections in other factor markets.
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spelling CGSpace1720482025-02-19T14:07:30Z Land lease markets and agricultural efficiency in Ethiopia Pender, John L. Fafchamps, Marcel land leases agricultural production land management sharecropping This paper develops a theoretical model of land leasing that includes transaction costs of enforcing labour effort, risk pooling motives and non-tradable capital inputs. We test the implications of this model compared to those of the "Marshallian" (unenforceable labour effort) and "New School" (costlessly enforceable effort) perspectives using data collected from four villages in Ethiopia. We find that land lease markets operate relatively efficiently in the villages studied, supporting the New School perspective. We find that other household and village characteristics do affect input use and output value, suggesting imperfections in other factor markets. 2006-06-01 2025-01-29T12:59:14Z 2025-01-29T12:59:14Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/172048 en Limited Access Oxford University Press Pender, John L.; Fafchamps, Marcel. 2006. Land lease markets and agricultural efficiency in Ethiopia. Journal of African Economies 15(2): 251-284. https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/eji024
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agricultural production
land management
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Pender, John L.
Fafchamps, Marcel
Land lease markets and agricultural efficiency in Ethiopia
title Land lease markets and agricultural efficiency in Ethiopia
title_full Land lease markets and agricultural efficiency in Ethiopia
title_fullStr Land lease markets and agricultural efficiency in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Land lease markets and agricultural efficiency in Ethiopia
title_short Land lease markets and agricultural efficiency in Ethiopia
title_sort land lease markets and agricultural efficiency in ethiopia
topic land leases
agricultural production
land management
sharecropping
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