LAND REFORMS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Hans Gersbach and Lars-Hinrich Siemers ()

Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2010, vol. 14, issue 4, 527-547

Abstract: We examine the nexus between land transfers and human capital formation. A sequence of land redistributions enables the beneficiaries to educate their children and thus to escape from poverty. A successful land reform allows the transition of a society from an agriculture-based state of poverty to a human capital–based developed economy. We find that a temporary state of inequality among the poor is unavoidable. Finally, we discuss the political economy of land reform, whether access to land markets should be allowed for beneficiaries of land reforms, and property rights issues.

Date: 2010
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