Conservation Decision Making and Agricultural Land Leasing: An Experimental Investigation of the Role of Gender

Diya Ganguly, Simanti Banerjee and Christopher R. Gustafson

No 413233, Cornhusker Economics from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Agricultural Economics

Abstract: This research investigated the impact of landowner gender and of the different types of contract leases offered by them to a male tenant, on the conservation (or non-conservation) choice made by the tenant. Specifically, we investigate if a) female and male landowners offer different rental contracts and b) whether tenants choose different actions based on the landowner’s gender. For this purpose, we implemented a controlled, gender-context-loaded economic experiment with university students, in which we tested contract and land use choice under different treatments for three types of rental contracts – fixed rent, fixed rent with penalty, and fixed rent with discount. The study has two treatment arms: one varies the salience of gender and the other examines the impact of communication between the landowner and tenant.

Keywords: Land; Economics/Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.413233

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