Delinking Land Rights from Land Use: Certification and Migration in Mexico

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 lan...

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Vydáno v:	The American economic review Ročník 105; číslo 10; s. 3125 - 3149
Hlavní autoři:	de Janvry, Alain, Emerick, Kyle, Gonzalez-Navarro, Marco, Sadoulet, Elisabeth
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	Nashville American Economic Association 01.10.2015
Témata:	Agrarian reform Agricultural land Agricultural land use Agriculture Certificates Certification Community Crop economics Crops Datasets Developing countries Economic development Farms Households Labor migration Land economics Land settlement Land titles Land use LDCs Mexico Migrants Migration Ownership Population Property rights Rentals Rural areas Rural communities Rural land use Studies Value added Mexico
ISSN:	0002-8282, 1944-7981
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Shrnutí:	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.
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ISSN:	0002-8282 1944-7981
DOI:	10.1257/aer.20130853