Land tenure differences and investment in land improvement measures: Theoretical and empirical analyses

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Abdulai, Awudu; Owusu, Victor; Goetz, Renan
• 署名单位: University of Kiel; Kwame Nkrumah University Science & Technology; Universitat de Girona
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2010.08.002
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: 66-78
• 关键词: Land tenure; property rights; INVESTMENT; optimal control; Farm productivity

摘要

This article develops a theoretical framework to examine the relationship between land tenure arrangements and households' investment in soil-improving and conservation measures. It then analyzes this relationship with a multivariate probit model based on detailed plot-level data from villages in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. A major hypothesis tested is that investment in productivity-enhancing and conservation techniques are influenced by land tenure arrangements. The theoretical analysis and empirical results generally reveal that land tenure differences significantly influence farmers' decisions to invest in land-improving and conservation measures. The findings also show that tenure security does affect farm productivity. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.