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Albanian peasant economy in the aftermath of property right reforms: A review of the 20th century tenure history

Zhllima, Edvin; Rama, Klodjan - In: Martor (2014) 19, pp. 75-88

This study reviews some of the most important changes in Albanian land tenure. This historical description of the tenure systems from the Ottoman period to the recent reform will provide a deeper understanding of the evolution of tenure arrangements in Albania. It will point out their policy...

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Die Bodenreform-Bewegung in Deutschland

Diefenbacher, Hans - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 91 (2022) 1, pp. 69-80

Der folgende Beitrag zeichnet die Anfänge der Behandlung des Bodens in der Geschichte der ökonomischen Theorie und in der dazu korrespondierenden politischen Praxis nach. Eine zentrale Rolle spielt die Kritik am Privatbesitz am Boden, aus der dann die Forderung nach einer Besteuerung des...

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Origins of Latin American inequality

Eslava, Francisco; Caicedo, Felipe Valencia - 2023

How deep are the roots of Latin America's economic inequalities? In this chapter we survey both the history and the literature about the region's extreme economic disparities, focusing on the most recent academic contributions. We begin by documenting the broad patterns of national and...

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Agriculture: Transition Buffer or Black Hole? A Three-State Model of Employment Dynamics

Voicu, Alexandru - 2003

We analyze the effect of land reform legislation on labor market dynamics in the Romanian economy. We show that the agricultural sector, a source of precarious employment, has become an absorbing state for certain categories of workers who lost their jobs in the nonagricultural sector. A random...

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Vulnerability, poverty and coping in Zimbabwe

Bird, Kate; Prowse, Martin - 2008

This paper uses five life histories from three locations in Zimbabwe - one peri-urban, one urban and one rural to provide a window on current processes of impoverishment and adverse coping. Each case and location highlight key aspects of Zimbabwe's recent economic and political turmoil. Together...

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Investment and credit effects of land titling and registration:

de Laiglesia, Juan R. - 2005

This paper analyzes the importance of legal property documents in providing tenure security, enhancing agricultural investment incentives and easing access to credit. While theory predicts that better property rights on land can increase investment through increased security, enhanced trade...

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Land reform in Moldova: how viable are emerging peasant farms? An assessment referring to a recent World Bank study

Petrick, Martin - 2000

Based on a case study of two Moldovan regions, the paper challenges the favourable assessment of recently established peasant farms in a World Bank study by LERMAN et al. (1998). The main arguments in favour of a more critical view of the results of land privatisation and farm restructuring are...

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Representation of property rights and credit market outcomes: Evidence from a land reform in Vietnam

Kemper, Niels; Klump, Rainer; Schumacher, Heiner - 2011

This article evaluates the impact of a land certification program on credit market outcomes in rural Vietnam. We hypothesize that the representation of property increases households' participation in formal credit markets. We compare credit market outcomes for certified and non-certified...

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Rural Reforms, Agricultural Productivity, and the Biological Standard of Living in South Korea, 1941-1974

Rudolf, Robert - 2012

This paper analyzes effects of the Republic of Korea's two major rural reforms in 1950 and 1962/63 on agricultural … upward shifts in trend around the years of the reforms. While Korea can be considered a case of successful land reform, the … years between the two major reforms can be considered Korea's lost decade. …

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Irish land bonds: 1891-1938

Foley-Fisher, Nathan; McLaughlin, Eoin - 2014

This paper introduces a new database on Irish land bonds listed on the Dublin Stock Exchange from 1891 to 1938. It outlines the nature of these bonds and presents data on their size, liquidity and market returns. These government-guaranteed bonds arose during a period when the possibility of...

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