Land Rental Markets in the Process of Rural Structural Transformation : Productivity and Equity Impacts in China

The importance of land rental for overall economic development has long been recognized in theory, yet empirical evidence on the productivity and equity impacts of such markets and the extent to which they realize their potential has been scant. Re...

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Main Authors: Deininger, Klaus, Jin, Songqing
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/12/8894845/land-rental-markets-process-rural-structural-transformation-productivity-equity-impacts-china
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spelling okr-10986-75162021-04-23T14:02:35Z Land Rental Markets in the Process of Rural Structural Transformation : Productivity and Equity Impacts in China Deininger, Klaus Jin, Songqing AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION ASSETS BARGAINING BARGAINING POWER COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME DRIVERS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC SITUATION ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EQUALIZATION EQUATIONS FACTOR MARKETS FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FAMILY LABOR FARM STRUCTURES FARMERS FARMS GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GINI COEFFICIENT INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INEFFICIENCY INFORMATIONAL IMPERFECTIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOUR LABOUR MARKETS LAND REFORM LAND USE LEGAL PROVISIONS LIQUIDITY LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANDATES MARGINAL PRODUCT MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKET OPERATION MARKETING MIGRATION MORAL HAZARD MOTIVATION OCCUPATIONS PER CAPITA INCOME POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIVATE PROPERTY PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PROPERTY RIGHTS RURAL LABOR SEARCH COSTS STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSITION ECONOMY UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN DEVELOPMENT WAGES WEALTH WTO The importance of land rental for overall economic development has long been recognized in theory, yet empirical evidence on the productivity and equity impacts of such markets and the extent to which they realize their potential has been scant. Representative data from China's nine most important agricultural provinces illustrate the impact of rental markets on households' economic strategies and welfare, and the productivity of land use at the plot level. Although there are positive impacts in each of these dimensions, transaction costs constrain participation by many producers, thus preventing rental markets from attaining their full potential. The paper identifies factors that increase transaction costs and provides a rough estimate of the productivity and equity impacts of removing them. 2012-06-08T14:56:03Z 2012-06-08T14:56:03Z 2007-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/12/8894845/land-rental-markets-process-rural-structural-transformation-productivity-equity-impacts-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7516 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4454 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 East Asia and Pacific China
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topic AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
AGRICULTURE
ALLOCATION
ASSETS
BARGAINING
BARGAINING POWER
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS
CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
DRIVERS
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
ECONOMIC SITUATION
ECONOMICS
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EQUALIZATION
EQUATIONS
FACTOR MARKETS
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
FAMILY LABOR
FARM STRUCTURES
FARMERS
FARMS
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
GINI COEFFICIENT
INCOME LEVELS
INCOMES
INEFFICIENCY
INFORMATIONAL IMPERFECTIONS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR MOBILITY
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOUR
LABOUR MARKETS
LAND REFORM
LAND USE
LEGAL PROVISIONS
LIQUIDITY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MANDATES
MARGINAL PRODUCT
MARKET LIBERALIZATION
MARKET OPERATION
MARKETING
MIGRATION
MORAL HAZARD
MOTIVATION
OCCUPATIONS
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRIVATE PROPERTY
PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES
PROPERTY RIGHTS
RURAL LABOR
SEARCH COSTS
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
TRANSITION ECONOMY
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
WAGES
WEALTH
WTO
spellingShingle AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
AGRICULTURE
ALLOCATION
ASSETS
BARGAINING
BARGAINING POWER
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS
CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
DRIVERS
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
ECONOMIC SITUATION
ECONOMICS
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EQUALIZATION
EQUATIONS
FACTOR MARKETS
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
FAMILY LABOR
FARM STRUCTURES
FARMERS
FARMS
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
GINI COEFFICIENT
INCOME LEVELS
INCOMES
INEFFICIENCY
INFORMATIONAL IMPERFECTIONS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR MOBILITY
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOUR
LABOUR MARKETS
LAND REFORM
LAND USE
LEGAL PROVISIONS
LIQUIDITY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MANDATES
MARGINAL PRODUCT
MARKET LIBERALIZATION
MARKET OPERATION
MARKETING
MIGRATION
MORAL HAZARD
MOTIVATION
OCCUPATIONS
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRIVATE PROPERTY
PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES
PROPERTY RIGHTS
RURAL LABOR
SEARCH COSTS
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
TRANSITION ECONOMY
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
WAGES
WEALTH
WTO
Deininger, Klaus
Jin, Songqing
Land Rental Markets in the Process of Rural Structural Transformation : Productivity and Equity Impacts in China
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
China
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4454
description The importance of land rental for overall economic development has long been recognized in theory, yet empirical evidence on the productivity and equity impacts of such markets and the extent to which they realize their potential has been scant. Representative data from China's nine most important agricultural provinces illustrate the impact of rental markets on households' economic strategies and welfare, and the productivity of land use at the plot level. Although there are positive impacts in each of these dimensions, transaction costs constrain participation by many producers, thus preventing rental markets from attaining their full potential. The paper identifies factors that increase transaction costs and provides a rough estimate of the productivity and equity impacts of removing them.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Deininger, Klaus
Jin, Songqing
author_facet Deininger, Klaus
Jin, Songqing
author_sort Deininger, Klaus
title Land Rental Markets in the Process of Rural Structural Transformation : Productivity and Equity Impacts in China
title_short Land Rental Markets in the Process of Rural Structural Transformation : Productivity and Equity Impacts in China
title_full Land Rental Markets in the Process of Rural Structural Transformation : Productivity and Equity Impacts in China
title_fullStr Land Rental Markets in the Process of Rural Structural Transformation : Productivity and Equity Impacts in China
title_full_unstemmed Land Rental Markets in the Process of Rural Structural Transformation : Productivity and Equity Impacts in China
title_sort land rental markets in the process of rural structural transformation : productivity and equity impacts in china
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/12/8894845/land-rental-markets-process-rural-structural-transformation-productivity-equity-impacts-china
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