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Property rights, labour markets, and efficiency in a transition economy: the case of rural China
Abstract
We investigate the consequences of imperfect factor market development for farm efficiency in North China. We estimate the extent to which an inverse relationship in farm productivity can be attributed to the administrative (as opposed to market) allocation of land, combined with unevenly developed off–farm opportunities. Using a new household survey, we find considerable inefficiency in the use of labour. This inefficiency is alleviated by external labour markets and, to a limited degree, by administrative reallocations. The reallocations do not go far enough, however, which raises important questions about constraints on rental activity and property rights formation more generally. JEL Classification: Q15, O12 Droits de propriété, marchés du travail et efficacité dans une économie en transition : le cas de la Chine rurale. Ce mémoire analyse les conséquences du développement de marchés imparfaits des facteurs de production sur l’efficacité des fermes dans le nord de la Chine. On examine jusqu’à quel point la relation inverse entre la productivité des fermes et leur taille est attribuable à l’allocation administrative de la terre (par opposition à l’allocation par le marché), en combinaison avec le développement inégal des opportunités en dehors de la ferme. Les auteurs utilisent une nouvelle enquête sur les ménages qui révèle une grande inefficacité dans l’utilisation du travail. Cette inefficacité est atténuée par des marchés de travail externes, et, à un moindre degré, par des ré–allocations administratives. Les ré–allocations ne vont pas assez loin cependant. Voilà qui soulève des questions importantes à propos des contraintes sur les activités de location et la formation des droits de propriété en général.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Benjamin, D., & Brandt, L.
- Venue
- Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2002-11
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 689-716
- ISSN
- 0008-4085 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-5982
- OpenAlex
- W3123249232
- Cited by
- 213
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 11.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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