Land grabs and labor in Cambodia

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Anti, Sebastian
• 署名单位: Bryn Mawr College
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2020.102616
• 发表日期: 2021
• 关键词: Agricultural labor market; Project evaluation; Agricultural policy

摘要

Large-scale Land Acquisitions (LSLAs), often labeled land grabs, are long-term leases of land obtained by private companies. I merge data on the precise locations of 236 LSLAs in Cambodia established between 1996 and 2012 with newly geocoded data from the Cambodian Socio-Economic Surveys to estimate the effects of LSLAs on employment, household spending, and agricultural investment. I find that LSLAs cause a shift away from independent agricultural production towards employment in agricultural labor in adjacent regions. Additionally, I find that LSLAs result in a decline in household spending and little evidence that LSLAs result in local technology adoption.