Based on a large survey to compare the effectiveness of land markets and land reform in Colombia, the authors find that rental and sales markets were more effective in transferring land to poor but productive producers than was administrative land reform. The fact that land transactions were all...

While there is a large, though inconclusive, literature on the impact of land titles in Africa, little attention has been devoted to the study of land conflict, despite evidence on increasing incidence of such conflicts. The authors use data from Uganda to explore who is affected by land...

Alcohol consumption by one member of the household generates negative externalities in the family budget, affecting the distribution of expenditure and the well-being of the other members. Significant reductions in the resources allocated to children associated with high alcohol consumption by...