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dc.titleLand Regularization and Technical Efficiency in Agricultural Production: An Empirical Study in Andean Countries
dc.contributor.authorSchling, Maja
dc.contributor.authorSaenz Somarriba, Magaly
dc.contributor.authorMattos, Juan de Dios
dc.contributor.orgunitEnvironment, Rural Development and Risk Management Division
dc.coverageBolivia
dc.coverageEcuador
dc.coveragePeru
dc.date.available2024-05-02T00:05:00
dc.date.issue2024-05-02T00:05:00
dc.description.abstractThis study evaluates the impact of land tenure security on technical efficiency of smallholder farmers in the three countries of the Andean region, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. Using cross-sectional data for 5,288 smallholder farmer households, we employ a multi-stage methodology, including propensity score matching, selectivity bias-corrected stochastic production frontier, and meta frontier analysis to address concerns relating to endogeneity. Results reveal that farmers who hold a formal land title on average exhibit technical efficiency that is 38.6% higher than among farmers without legal title, though effects and magnitudes vary by country. Furthermore, we explore the pathways through which tenure security may affect technical efficiency and find that possessing legal title is associated with higher likelihood of accessing credit and making productive investments in land. Our findings imply that comprehensive land regularization is crucial to enhancing agricultural productivity levels among smallholder farmers in the region.
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0012945
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Land-Regularization-and-Technical-Efficiency-in-Agricultural-Production-An-Empirical-Study-in-Andean-Countries.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.relation.seriesImpact Evaluations
dc.subjectLand Titling
dc.subjectLand Tenure
dc.subjectAgricultural Productivity
dc.subjectSmall Farms
dc.subjectInvestment
dc.subjectRural Development
dc.subject.jelcodeC31 - Cross-Sectional Models • Spatial Models • Treatment Effect Models • Quantile Regressions • Social Interaction Models
dc.subject.jelcodeO12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeO13 - Agriculture • Natural Resources • Energy • Environment • Other Primary Products
dc.subject.jelcodeQ12 - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
dc.subject.jelcodeQ15 - Land Ownership and Tenure • Land Reform • Land Use • Irrigation • Agriculture and Environment
dc.subject.jelcodeQ18 - Agricultural Policy • Food Policy
dc.subject.keywordstechnical efficiency;land property rights;Latin America
dc.typeDiscussion Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-DP-01055
idb.operationRG-E1876
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