Replication data for: Delinking Land Rights from Land Use: Certification and Migration in Mexico
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Alain de Janvry; Kyle Emerick; Marco Gonzalez-Navarro; Elisabeth Sadoulet
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Project Citation:
de Janvry, Alain, Emerick, Kyle, Gonzalez-Navarro, Marco, and Sadoulet, Elisabeth. Replication data for: Delinking Land Rights from Land Use: Certification and Migration in Mexico. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2015. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112931V1
Project Description
Summary:
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In many developing countries property rights over rural land are maintained through continuous personal use instead of by land titles. We show that removing the link between land use and land rights through the issuance of ownership certificates can result in large-scale adjustments to labor and land allocations. Using the rollout of the Mexican land certification program from 1993 to 2006, we find that households obtaining certificates were subsequently 28 percent more likely to have a migrant member. We also show that even though land certification induced migration, it had little effect on cultivated area due to consolidation of farm units. (JEL O13, O17, P14, Q15, Q18, Q24, Q28)
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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O13 Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
P14 Capitalist Systems: Property Rights
Q15 Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
Q18 Agricultural Policy; Food Policy
Q24 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Land
Q28 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy
O13 Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
P14 Capitalist Systems: Property Rights
Q15 Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
Q18 Agricultural Policy; Food Policy
Q24 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Land
Q28 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy
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