dc.contributor.author | Aryal, Jeetendra P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Holden, Stein Terje | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Nepal | nb_NO |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-22T09:15:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-01-22T09:15:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2478619 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper provides new evidence on the caste-related land productivity differential and its explanations in rural Nepal using household plot panel data. Low-caste households are found to have significantly higher land productivity on their owner-operated plots as compared to high-caste households. A comparison between the rented in land of low-caste and the owneroperated land of high-caste households showed that the former has significantly higher land productivity. No significant Marshallian inefficiency was found in the case of low-caste tenant households. Land productivity differences are explained by transaction costs in the labor market and caste discrimination rather than the disincentive effect of sharecropping. | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås | nb_NO |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | CLTS Working paper;2011:6 | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | Caste, land and labour market imperfections, and land productivity in rural Nepal | nb_NO |
dc.type | Working paper | nb_NO |
dc.subject.keyword | Land productivity | |
dc.subject.keyword | Landlords | |
dc.subject.keyword | Tenants | |
dc.subject.keyword | Transaction costs | |
dc.subject.keyword | Share cropping | |
dc.subject.keyword | Caste system | |