Does tenure insecurity explain the variations in land-related investment decisions in rural Ethiopia?

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dc.contributor.author Shifa, Muna
dc.contributor.author Leibbrandt, Murray
dc.contributor.author Wittenberg, Martin
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-02T15:53:32Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-02T15:53:32Z
dc.date.issued 2015-07
dc.identifier.citation Shifa, M., Leibbrandt, M., Wittenberg, M. (2015). Does tenure insecurity explain the variations in landrelated investment decisions in rural Ethiopia? A Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit Working Paper Number 150. Cape Town: SALDRU, University of Cape Town
dc.identifier.isbn 978-1-928281-11-5
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11090/783
dc.description.abstract We examine the relationship between land tenure security and land-related investments in rural Ethiopia. We control for both household heterogeneity and possible endogeneity of tenure security in estimating the impact of tenure security on investment. Empirical results show that variations in levels of tenure security do not explain the observed differences in investment behaviour among farm households in rural Ethiopia. In contrast, land size, access to labour and extension services, and location are seen to be important determinants of land-related investments. The results suggest that without addressing other barriers to investment, land reforms (titling) may not be sufficient to improve land-related investments. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Muna Shifa: Post-doctoral fellow, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town Murray Leibbrandt: Professor, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, School of Economics, University of Cape Town. Martin Wittenberg: Director, DataFirst and Professor, School of Economics, University of Cape Town. Muna Shifa would like to thank Carnegie Foundation for funding her PhD study at University of Cape Town, and the National Research Foundation (NRF) for funding her post-doctoral research. Murray Leibbrandt acknowledges the Research Chairs Initiative of the South African National Research Foundation and the South African Department of Science and Technology for funding his work as the Research Chair in Poverty and Inequality. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Saldru Working Paper;150
dc.subject Property rights en_US
dc.subject land tenure en_US
dc.subject land titling en_US
dc.subject agricultural extension services en_US
dc.subject Africa en_US
dc.title Does tenure insecurity explain the variations in land-related investment decisions in rural Ethiopia? en_US
dc.type Working Paper en_US


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