PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - John Herbert Ainembabazi
AU  - Arild Angelsen
TI  - Land Inheritance and Market Transactions in Uganda
AID  - 10.3368/le.92.1.28
DP  - 2016 Feb 01
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 28--56
VI  - 92
IP  - 1
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/92/1/28.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/92/1/28.full
SO  - Land Econ2016 Feb 01; 92
AB  - Studies on the role of nonmarket land transactions remain limited. This paper addresses two questions: Is land inheritance driven by underdeveloped land markets? How does land inheritance influence land disposal and acquisition? We use a switching regression model on household data from rural Uganda. We find that the initially landless or nearlandless households, due to little or no land inheritance, obtain land through land markets, while those that are land rich dispose of land through land sales and bequests. The results suggest that a process of land equalization is unfolding within the sample. (JEL C14, Q15)