Land Market Restrictions, Women's Labor Force Participation, and Wages in a Rural Economy
This paper analyzes the effects of land market restrictions on the rural labor market outcomes for women. The existing literature emphasizes two mechanisms through which land restrictions can affect the economic outcomes: the collateral value of la...
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okr-10986-236242021-04-23T14:04:16Z Land Market Restrictions, Women's Labor Force Participation, and Wages in a Rural Economy Emran, M. Shahe Shilpi, Forhad JOBS EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS PRODUCTION PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE CURRENT LABOR FORCE INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMATION SYSTEM INCOME POLICY RESTRICTIONS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION LABOR ALLOCATION RURAL WOMEN RURAL LABOR MARKETS PROPERTY RIGHTS AGE GROUP LEVELS OF EDUCATION INFORMATION LABOR FORCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MONITORING POLITICAL ECONOMY EFFECTS INCENTIVES RURAL LABOR MARKET POLICY DISCUSSIONS WAGE DETERMINATION RURAL LABOR ETHNIC GROUP LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION NATIONAL LEVEL PUBLIC HEALTH ADULT HEALTH KNOWLEDGE INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR MARKET URBAN MIGRATION SOCIAL IMPACT POPULATION CENSUS PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS ECONOMIC MOBILITY POPULATION GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYED MIGRATION ADOPTION MARKETS HOUSEHOLD INCOME ORGANIZATIONS LAND OWNERSHIP CULTURAL CHANGE MIGRATION DATA LABOR ADULT MALE MIGRANTS CURRENT POPULATION MORTALITY GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT RESPECT FEMALE LABOR EDUCATED WOMEN PROGRESS SKILL PREMIUM RURAL WOMAN HOUSEHOLD LEVEL GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM INFANT HUMAN CAPITAL WORKERS WAGES SOCIAL SERVICES REAL WAGE LABOR DEMAND WOMAN WOMEN WORKERS LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER VALUE URBAN CENTERS EXOGENOUS CHARACTERISTIC AGE GROUPS RURAL POVERTY POPULATION DENSITY URBAN AREAS KIDS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES WAGE RATE HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS NUTRITION LABOR MOBILITY MALE PARTICIPATION MALARIA BULLETIN PRODUCTION FUNCTION ECONOMICS POLICY QUALITY OF LIFE OLDER WOMEN EQUILIBRIUM WAGES NUMBER OF WOMEN PRODUCTIVITY LEVEL ADULT WOMEN PREGNANT WOMEN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES LAND PRODUCTIVITY PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN THEORY POPULATION MOVEMENTS SECURITY WAR INVESTMENT MARKET EQUILIBRIUM RISK RURAL AREAS ILLNESS FEMALE LABOR FORCE SUPPLY DISABILITY ETHNO-LINGUISTIC FRACTIONALIZATION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION LABOR INTENSITY POPULATION LABOR SUPPLY LAW MARITAL STATUS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX INFECTION RATES LOCAL LABOR MARKET POLICY RESEARCH GREEN REVOLUTION WOMEN LABOR MARKETS OUTCOMES MONITORING COSTS URBAN POPULATION PRICES DEVELOPMENT POLICY EXCLUSION RESTRICTION This paper analyzes the effects of land market restrictions on the rural labor market outcomes for women. The existing literature emphasizes two mechanisms through which land restrictions can affect the economic outcomes: the collateral value of land, and (in) security of property rights. Analysis of this paper focuses on an alternative mechanism where land restrictions increase costs of migration out of villages. The testable prediction of collateral effect is that both wages and labor force participation move in the same direction, and insecurity of property rights reduces labor force participation and increases wages. In contrast, if land restrictions work primarily through higher migration costs, labor force participation increases, while wages decline. For identification, this paper exploits a natural experiment in Sri Lanka where historical malaria played a unique role in land policy. This paper provides robust evidence of a positive effect of land restrictions on womens labor force participation, but a negative effect on female wages. The empirical results thus contradict a collateral or insecure property rights effect, but support migration costs as the primary mechanism. 2016-01-12T21:44:16Z 2016-01-12T21:44:16Z 2015-12 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25713633/land-market-restrictions-womens-labor-force-participation-wages-rural-economy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23624 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7524 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Sri Lanka |
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JOBS EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS PRODUCTION PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE CURRENT LABOR FORCE INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMATION SYSTEM INCOME POLICY RESTRICTIONS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION LABOR ALLOCATION RURAL WOMEN RURAL LABOR MARKETS PROPERTY RIGHTS AGE GROUP LEVELS OF EDUCATION INFORMATION LABOR FORCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MONITORING POLITICAL ECONOMY EFFECTS INCENTIVES RURAL LABOR MARKET POLICY DISCUSSIONS WAGE DETERMINATION RURAL LABOR ETHNIC GROUP LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION NATIONAL LEVEL PUBLIC HEALTH ADULT HEALTH KNOWLEDGE INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR MARKET URBAN MIGRATION SOCIAL IMPACT POPULATION CENSUS PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS ECONOMIC MOBILITY POPULATION GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYED MIGRATION ADOPTION MARKETS HOUSEHOLD INCOME ORGANIZATIONS LAND OWNERSHIP CULTURAL CHANGE MIGRATION DATA LABOR ADULT MALE MIGRANTS CURRENT POPULATION MORTALITY GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT RESPECT FEMALE LABOR EDUCATED WOMEN PROGRESS SKILL PREMIUM RURAL WOMAN HOUSEHOLD LEVEL GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM INFANT HUMAN CAPITAL WORKERS WAGES SOCIAL SERVICES REAL WAGE LABOR DEMAND WOMAN WOMEN WORKERS LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER VALUE URBAN CENTERS EXOGENOUS CHARACTERISTIC AGE GROUPS RURAL POVERTY POPULATION DENSITY URBAN AREAS KIDS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES WAGE RATE HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS NUTRITION LABOR MOBILITY MALE PARTICIPATION MALARIA BULLETIN PRODUCTION FUNCTION ECONOMICS POLICY QUALITY OF LIFE OLDER WOMEN EQUILIBRIUM WAGES NUMBER OF WOMEN PRODUCTIVITY LEVEL ADULT WOMEN PREGNANT WOMEN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES LAND PRODUCTIVITY PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN THEORY POPULATION MOVEMENTS SECURITY WAR INVESTMENT MARKET EQUILIBRIUM RISK RURAL AREAS ILLNESS FEMALE LABOR FORCE SUPPLY DISABILITY ETHNO-LINGUISTIC FRACTIONALIZATION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION LABOR INTENSITY POPULATION LABOR SUPPLY LAW MARITAL STATUS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX INFECTION RATES LOCAL LABOR MARKET POLICY RESEARCH GREEN REVOLUTION WOMEN LABOR MARKETS OUTCOMES MONITORING COSTS URBAN POPULATION PRICES DEVELOPMENT POLICY EXCLUSION RESTRICTION |
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JOBS EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS PRODUCTION PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE CURRENT LABOR FORCE INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMATION SYSTEM INCOME POLICY RESTRICTIONS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION LABOR ALLOCATION RURAL WOMEN RURAL LABOR MARKETS PROPERTY RIGHTS AGE GROUP LEVELS OF EDUCATION INFORMATION LABOR FORCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MONITORING POLITICAL ECONOMY EFFECTS INCENTIVES RURAL LABOR MARKET POLICY DISCUSSIONS WAGE DETERMINATION RURAL LABOR ETHNIC GROUP LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION NATIONAL LEVEL PUBLIC HEALTH ADULT HEALTH KNOWLEDGE INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR MARKET URBAN MIGRATION SOCIAL IMPACT POPULATION CENSUS PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS ECONOMIC MOBILITY POPULATION GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYED MIGRATION ADOPTION MARKETS HOUSEHOLD INCOME ORGANIZATIONS LAND OWNERSHIP CULTURAL CHANGE MIGRATION DATA LABOR ADULT MALE MIGRANTS CURRENT POPULATION MORTALITY GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT RESPECT FEMALE LABOR EDUCATED WOMEN PROGRESS SKILL PREMIUM RURAL WOMAN HOUSEHOLD LEVEL GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM INFANT HUMAN CAPITAL WORKERS WAGES SOCIAL SERVICES REAL WAGE LABOR DEMAND WOMAN WOMEN WORKERS LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER VALUE URBAN CENTERS EXOGENOUS CHARACTERISTIC AGE GROUPS RURAL POVERTY POPULATION DENSITY URBAN AREAS KIDS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES WAGE RATE HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS NUTRITION LABOR MOBILITY MALE PARTICIPATION MALARIA BULLETIN PRODUCTION FUNCTION ECONOMICS POLICY QUALITY OF LIFE OLDER WOMEN EQUILIBRIUM WAGES NUMBER OF WOMEN PRODUCTIVITY LEVEL ADULT WOMEN PREGNANT WOMEN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES LAND PRODUCTIVITY PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN THEORY POPULATION MOVEMENTS SECURITY WAR INVESTMENT MARKET EQUILIBRIUM RISK RURAL AREAS ILLNESS FEMALE LABOR FORCE SUPPLY DISABILITY ETHNO-LINGUISTIC FRACTIONALIZATION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION LABOR INTENSITY POPULATION LABOR SUPPLY LAW MARITAL STATUS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX INFECTION RATES LOCAL LABOR MARKET POLICY RESEARCH GREEN REVOLUTION WOMEN LABOR MARKETS OUTCOMES MONITORING COSTS URBAN POPULATION PRICES DEVELOPMENT POLICY EXCLUSION RESTRICTION Emran, M. Shahe Shilpi, Forhad Land Market Restrictions, Women's Labor Force Participation, and Wages in a Rural Economy |
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This paper analyzes the effects of land
market restrictions on the rural labor market outcomes for
women. The existing literature emphasizes two mechanisms
through which land restrictions can affect the economic
outcomes: the collateral value of land, and (in) security of
property rights. Analysis of this paper focuses on an
alternative mechanism where land restrictions increase costs
of migration out of villages. The testable prediction of
collateral effect is that both wages and labor force
participation move in the same direction, and insecurity of
property rights reduces labor force participation and
increases wages. In contrast, if land restrictions work
primarily through higher migration costs, labor force
participation increases, while wages decline. For
identification, this paper exploits a natural experiment in
Sri Lanka where historical malaria played a unique role in
land policy. This paper provides robust evidence of a
positive effect of land restrictions on womens labor force
participation, but a negative effect on female wages. The
empirical results thus contradict a collateral or insecure
property rights effect, but support migration costs as the
primary mechanism. |
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Emran, M. Shahe Shilpi, Forhad |
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Emran, M. Shahe Shilpi, Forhad |
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Emran, M. Shahe |
| title |
Land Market Restrictions, Women's Labor Force Participation, and Wages in a Rural Economy |
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Land Market Restrictions, Women's Labor Force Participation, and Wages in a Rural Economy |
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Land Market Restrictions, Women's Labor Force Participation, and Wages in a Rural Economy |
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Land Market Restrictions, Women's Labor Force Participation, and Wages in a Rural Economy |
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Land Market Restrictions, Women's Labor Force Participation, and Wages in a Rural Economy |
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land market restrictions, women's labor force participation, and wages in a rural economy |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25713633/land-market-restrictions-womens-labor-force-participation-wages-rural-economy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23624 |
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