Jin, SongqingDeininger, KlausNagarajan, Hari K.2012-06-082012-06-082007-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7531Recognition of the importance of institutions that provide security of property rights and relatively equal access to economic resources to a broad cross-section of society has renewed interest in the potential of asset redistribution, including land reforms. Empirical analysis of the impact of such policies is, however, scant and often contradictory. This paper uses panel household data from India, together with state-level variation in the implementation of land reform, to address some of the deficiencies of earlier studies. The results suggest that land reform had a significant and positive impact on income growth and accumulation of human and physical capital. The paper draws policy implications, especially from the fact that the observed impact of land reform seems to have declined over time.CC BY 3.0 IGOAGRARIAN ECONOMYAGRARIAN REFORMAGRARIAN STRUCTUREAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL POLICYAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTHAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTUREALLOCATIONARABLE LAND AREAASSET REDISTRIBUTIONCENTRAL AMERICACOLLECTIVE ACTIONCOLONIAL LANDCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOUNTERFACTUALCULTIVATIONDEMOCRACYDISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITSDISTRIBUTION OF LANDECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC FACTORSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC LIBERALIZATIONECONOMICSEGALITARIAN DISTRIBUTIONEVICTIONSFARM ASSETSFARM OUTPUTFARM PRODUCTIVITYFARM SIZEFARMSGENDERHIGH INEQUALITYHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD HEADSHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD LEVEL DATAHOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOMEHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD WELFAREHUMAN CAPITALINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME DYNAMICSINCOME GROWTHINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME REDISTRIBUTIONINEQUALITYINTERNATIONAL TRADEIRRIGATED LANDLAND ACQUISITIONLAND ASSETSLAND DISTRIBUTIONLAND INEQUALITYLAND LEASINGLAND MARKETSLAND OWNERSLAND OWNERSHIPLAND PRICESLAND QUALITYLAND REDISTRIBUTIONLAND REFORMLAND REFORM BENEFICIARIESLAND REFORMSLAND RENTALLAND RIGHTSLAND TENURELAND TRANSFERSLAND USELAND UTILIZATIONLANDLESS AGRICULTURAL WORKERSLANDLESS HOUSEHOLDSLANDLESSNESSLANDLORDSLANDOWNERSLATIN AMERICANLIVELIHOODSLIVESTOCKMACROECONOMICSNUTRITIONAL STATUSOLIGARCHYPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPOINTSPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL ENVIRONMENTPOLITICAL INFLUENCEPOLITICAL POWERPOORPOOR FARMERSPOOR TENANTSPOVERTY REDUCTIONPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC GOODSPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SPENDINGREDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIESREDISTRIBUTIVE REFORMRURALRURAL AREASRURAL CREDITRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL INCOMERURAL LABORRURAL POPULATIONSOCIAL COSTSSOUTH AMERICATRANSACTION COSTSURBAN DEVELOPMENTWARWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4448