"Don´t do Land Reform: a simple theorem"
We assess the general impact of land reforms on growth using human capital growth models due to Arrow (1962) - the main newness of the paper- after surveying the literature and building a typology. Thus, we conclude that land reform can yet been used as a modern tool to spur growth and development,...
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Formato: | article |
Idioma: | eng |
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2018
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Texto completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/10174/22307 |
País: | Portugal |
Oai: | oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/22307 |
Resumo: | We assess the general impact of land reforms on growth using human capital growth models due to Arrow (1962) - the main newness of the paper- after surveying the literature and building a typology. Thus, we conclude that land reform can yet been used as a modern tool to spur growth and development, but with our approach we can define the main limits and constraints that can block this growth. We conclude that a raise in undifferentiated wages after land reform leads to an unrecoverable society welfare loss; thus, yielding a lesson to political agents’ decision-makers elected after land reforms – wage raise land reform should not be used as an electoral motto. |
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