Evolution of land distribution in West Bengal 1967–2004: Role of land reform and demographic changes
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This paper studies how land reform and population growth affect land inequality, incorporating indirect effects owing to their influence on household divisions and land market transactions. An intra-household model of joint production explains how divisions and land transactions emerge to avoid inefficient free-riding, and how they are affected by land reform and growth in household size. These predictions are successfully tested using household panel data from West Bengal spanning 1967-2004. Land reforms reduced inequality, but their effect was quantitatively dominated by inequality-raising effects of population growth. JEL Classification Nos: J12, O13, O13
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