Land tenure differences and investment in land improvement measures: Theoretical and empirical analyses

Awudu Abdulai, Victor Owusu and Renan Goetz

Journal of Development Economics, 2011, vol. 96, issue 1, 66-78

Abstract: This article develops a theoretical framework to examine the relationship between land tenure arrangements and households' investment in soil-improving and conservation measures. It then analyzes this relationship with a multivariate probit model based on detailed plot-level data from villages in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. A major hypothesis tested is that investment in productivity-enhancing and conservation techniques are influenced by land tenure arrangements. The theoretical analysis and empirical results generally reveal that land tenure differences significantly influence farmers' decisions to invest in land-improving and conservation measures. The findings also show that tenure security does affect farm productivity.

Keywords: Land; tenure; Property; rights; Investment; Optimal; control; Farm; productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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