Land reform, poverty reduction and growth : evidence from India

By Timothy J. Besley, Robin Burgess. 2000

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Subfields: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Soil Science

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Simulating the impact of policy upon chronic and transitory poverty in rural Pakistan (2000, background): “Consequently land redistribution is often suggested as a poverty reduction policy on the grounds that if all households had access to land then they would all be able earn at least a minimal income [Besley and Burgess, 1998; Putzel, 1998].”
The Demographic Dividend: Evidence from the Indian States (2011, neutral): “Besley and Burgess (2000, 2004) examine the impact of land reforms and labor legislation on agricultural and manufacturing growth.”
What has luck got to do with it? A regional analysis of poverty and agricultural growth in rural India (2003, background): “something of a social experiment [Morris 1999, Besley and Burgess, 2000, and Harriss,”
Land reform and agricultural productivity in India: a review of the evidence (2007, methodology): “Table 3: Different state-specific slopes regarding the effect of aggregate land reform on yielda Dependent variable Log of agricultural yield (from Besley and Burgess, 2000) (1) Log of agricultural yield (using IACD data) (2) Log of rice yield (using MoA data) (3) Model GLS AR(1) GLS AR(1) GLS…”
Do Rural Banks Matter? Evidence from the Indian Social Banking Experiment (2005, positive): “In the first few decades after independence land reform as a program for ushering in a just social order was an important item on almost every state government's policy agenda (Besley and Burgess, 2000; Banerjee, Gertler and Ghatak, 2002).”
Suicide and Property Rights in India (2015, neutral): “[5] Besley, Timothy and Robin Burgess (2000) “Land Reform, Poverty Reduction, and Growth: Evidence from India,” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 115(2), 389-430.”
The size and development of the shadow economy: An empirical investigation from states of India (2006, neutral): “8 Besley and Burgess (2000) have also followed this kind of estimation strategy.”
Land Distribution and International Agricultural Productivity (2007, positive): “Besley and Burgess (2000) finds that land reforms in India were associated with lower poverty and higher agricultural wages, but that this occurred through changes in production relationships rather than through changes in land distribution.”
Inequality in Landownership, the Emergence of Human-Capital Promoting Institutions, and the Great Divergence (2009, positive): “Consistent with the proposed theory, Besley and Burgess (2000) find that over the period 1958-1992 in India, land reforms have raised agricultural wages, despite an adverse effect on agricultural output.”
Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Rural Land Rental Restrictions: Evidence from India (2007, neutral): “49 Source: Kaushik (2005), based on annual reports by the Ministry of Rural Development for columns 1-4; Besley and Burgess (2000) for column 5.”
Agriculture and Development: A Brief Review of the Literature (2011, neutral): “In terms of tenancy reforms that try to strengthen tenants’ rights, Besley and Burgess (2000) find that in India such tenancy reform is negatively related to agricultural productivity. However, Ghatak and Roy (2007) disaggregate the analysis to the regional level in India and conclude that in West B”
Will digital technologies transform agriculture in developing countries (2016, neutral): “While intermediaries deliver critical services to rural producers, they are also often exploitative and there can be large efficiency gains from their removal (Besley and Burgess 2000).”