The Distributive Impact of Land Markets in Central Uganda
(2007) Economic Development and Cultural Change — Vol. 55, n° 2, p. 283-312 (2007)
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- This paper presents first-hand evidence about land distribution and the impact of land markets from a sample of 36 villages in East and Central Uganda, a region with a long tradition of both land market activity and rural-rural migration. Rather than leading to a concentration of land assets in the hands of a minority, land markets correct initial inequality in land endowments : a handicap of one acre in land inherited is on average compensated by an increase of about 0.75 acres of land acquired through the market. Half of this increase is achieved through the land sales market, and the other half through land rental and borrowals. Moreover, there is apparently no discrimination against migrant farmers in the way villagelevel land markets operate as migrants are able to convert their entire initial endowments in the native village into lands purchased in the host village. These two central results have been obtained using an original econometric model based on the distinction between desired and actual farm size, treating land rentals as a residual adjustment, and allowing for the endogeneity of migratory decisions.
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Gaspart, F., Baland, J.-M., Place, F., & Platteau, J.-P. (2007). The Distributive Impact of Land Markets in Central Uganda. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 55(2), 283-312. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/54364 (Original work published 2007)