The Economics of Sharecropping in Northeast Brazil

Lee W. Bettis, RIchard L. Meyer and Francis E. Walker

No 283720, 1977 AAEA-WAEA Joint Meeting, July 31-August 3, San Diego, California from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: Incentives exist for landowners to employ sharecroppers in Northeast Brazil. Four components of a typical sharecropping contract were parameterized. The sensitivity of landowner income, number of sharecroppers employed and enterprise mixes revealed unexpected relationships. These results are important to policymakers interested in regulating sharecropper contracts.

Keywords: International; Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15
Date: 1977-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.283720

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