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Cultivate or Rent Out? Land Security in Rural Thailand

ຈັດພິມໂດຍ: Voices for Mekong Forest

In the 1980s, the Thai government tried to legalize squatters living in certain geographical areas by issuing special titles that allowed for cultivation but restricted the sale and rental of the land. Using data from 2,874 farming households collected in 1997 and a differences-in-differences empirical strategy, we compare the differential rental rates between secured and unsecured plots in reform and non-reform areas. In reform areas, households are more likely to lease secured plots and cultivate unsecured plots. In addition, using land rental rates and prices, we estimate a 6 percent premium due to expropriation risk. In other areas, however, land rights do not influence leasing decisions and no risk premium is found. These results indicate that this property rights reform distorted the land rental market by triggering a sense of insecurity among owners of undocumented land. Since the program targeted more developed areas, our results may underestimate the true negative impact of the reform.

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ພາສາຂອງເອກະສານ
  • ອັງກິດ
ຫົວຂໍ້
  • Forest policy and administration
  • Logging and timber
ພື້ນທີ່ພູມສັນຖານ (ຂອບເຂດພື້ນທີ່)
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ຂໍ້ຈຳກັດໃນການເຂົ້າເຖິງ ແລະ ນຳໃຊ້

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ສະບັບທີ / ຄັ້ງທີ N/A
ສັນຍາລິຂະສິດ CC-BY-3.0-IGO
ຜູ້ຂຽນ (ບຸກຄົນ) Xavier Giné
ຜູ້ຂຽນ (ອົງການຈັດຕັ້ງ) The World Bank
ຜູ້ຈັດພິມ The World Bank
ປີຈັດພິມ 2005
ຄຳສັບຫຼັກ V4MF,FLEGT,Property Rights,Land Titling,Development Policy,Externality
ວັນທີອັບໂຫຼດ ມິຖຸນາ 22, 2018, 14:23 (UTC)
ວັນທີດັດແປງ ກໍລະກົດ 2, 2018, 19:23 (UTC)