PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Chankrajang, Thanyaporn
TI  - Partial Land Rights and Agricultural Outcomes: Evidence from Thailand
AID  - 10.3368/le.91.1.126
DP  - 2015 Feb 01
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 126--148
VI  - 91
IP  - 1
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/91/1/126.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/91/1/126.full
SO  - Land Econ2015 Feb 01; 91
AB  - To disentangle the issue concerning which dimensions of land rights, among security, tradability, and pledgeability, affect agricultural outcomes, this paper exploits a unique partial land rights entitlement program in Thailand that guarantees only security, allows a limited access to credit, and prohibits any land sale. Based on an instrumental variables strategy, I find that the entitlement increases (1) second-rice but not major-rice productivity, (2) land use intensity, and (3) land-related investment, and leads to (4) better soil quality. This suggests that the security dimension, alone, can play an important role in improving farm activities. (JEL O13, Q15)