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Property Rights and Investment in Urban Slums
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This paper examines the effect of changes in tenure security on residential investment in urban squatter neighborhoods. To address the endogeneity of property rights, I make use of variation in ownership status induced by a nation-wide titling program in Peru. In a difference-in-difference analysis, I compare the change in housing investment before and after the program among participating households to the change in investment among two samples of non-participants. My results indicate that strengthening property rights in urban slums has a significant effect on residential investment: the rate of housing renovation rises by more than two-thirds of the baseline level. The bulk of the increase is financed without the use of credit, indicating that changes over time reflect an increase in investment incentives related to lower threat of eviction. (JEL: O12, O18, P25, P26) 1
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“However, studies of sole land titling interventions suggest that tenure security results in significant improvements on residential investment in housing (Field 2005), hours of employment (Field 2007) and reduction in the household demand for child labour (De Moura 2009; Field 2007).”
From Slum upgrading strategies involving physical environment and infrastructure interventions and their effects on health and socio-economic outcomes (2013) · cites this paper as Field 2005
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“…reverse effect of investment on household or community tenure security may be stronger in urban than in rural 1 Many authors including Feder (1998), Besley (1995), Banerjee et al. (2002) and Alston et al. (1996) provide evidence that lack of property title affects agricultural investment demand.”
BackgroundEmpowerment and Efficiency: Tenancy Reform in West Bengal
Banerjee, A., Gertler, P., & Ghatak, M. (2002) · Journal of Political Economy · doi:10.1086/338744 · Cited by 619 · cited 2×
“…reverse effect of investment on household or community tenure security may be stronger in urban than in rural 1 Many authors including Feder (1998), Besley (1995), Banerjee et al. (2002) and Alston et al. (1996) provide evidence that lack of property title affects agricultural investment demand.”
BackgroundIndigenous land rights systems in sub-Saharan Africa : a constraint on productivity?
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“Many authors including Feder et al. (1998), Besley (1995), Banerjee, Gertler, and Ghatak (2002), and Alston, Libecap, and Mueller (1996) provide evidence that lack of property title affects agricultural investment demand Other work, such as Migot-Adholla, Hazell, and Place (1991); Place and Otsuka (2002), and Pinckney…”
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Research works printed but not linked: 4
- 1999, Titles and Land Use: The Development of Property Rights on the Brazilian Amazon.
- 2003, Entitled to Work: Urban Property Rights and Labor Supply in Peru.
- 2003, Do property Titles Increase Access to Credit? Evidence from Peru.
- 1997, The Impact on the Urban Environment of Incomplete Property Rights.
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Self-citationThe Economics of Slums in the Developing World
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- Authors
- Field, E.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Field, Erica
- Venue
- Journal of the European Economic Association
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2005-05-01
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 2-3
- Pages
- 279-290
- ISSN
- 1542-4766 (ISSN-L)
- 1542-4774
- OpenAlex
- W2129666746
- Cited by
- 408
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2026: 15 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 35 · 2019: 27 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 32 · 2016: 21 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 21 · 2012: 12
- FWCI
- 80.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- nrs.harvard.edu
- Locations
- Journal of the European Economic Association (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Land Rights and Reforms
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Housing Market and Economics
- Keywords
- property rights, tenure security, urban slums, housing investment, housing renovation, land titling, eviction threats, informal settlements, Peru
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