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Biblioteca Land Distribution and International Agricultural Productivity

Land Distribution and International Agricultural Productivity

Land Distribution and International Agricultural Productivity

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Date of publication
Dezembro 2007
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AGRIS:US201300745993
Pages
202-216

The unequal distribution of agricultural land is often cited as a source of inefficiency in agriculture. Previous cross-country studies of agricultural productivity differences, though, have not considered land inequality. This article addresses this issue by using cross-country data on inequality in operational holdings of agricultural land from Deininger and Squire (1998) . In an estimation of an agricultural production function, the Gini coefficient for land holdings is found to have a significant negative relationship with productivity. This is consistent with the existence of heterogeneity in productivity by farm size within countries. A one standard deviation drop in the Gini coefficient implies an increase in productivity of 8.5%.

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Vollrath, Dietrich

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