The Effects of Rural Land Right Security on Labour Structural Transformation and Urbanization: Evidence from Thailand

dc.contributor.authorChankrajang, Thanyaporn
dc.coverage.countryThailanden_US
dc.coverage.regionMiddle East & South Asiaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-07T17:46:21Z
dc.date.available2012-12-07T17:46:21Z
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.description.abstract"This paper attempts to contribute to the understanding of the impacts of secure rural agricultural land rights on labour structural transformation from agriculture to non-agriculture as well as on urbanization, with a specific focus on Thailand. Using province-level panel data and instrumental variable strategy, partial land right entitlement (known in Thailand as SPK4-01 titling) is found to have a positive impact on labour movement towards the non-agricultural sector. In particular, approximately 27 per cent of this impact can be explained by enhanced farm productivity. This, in addition, implies that the reduction of the opportunity costs of off-farm employment, which is also a predicted positive impact of titling on non-agricultural employment, should account for the rest of the overall impact on labour structural transformation Although SPK4-01 titling alone is found to have no significant effect on urbanization, its impact depends significantly on within-province transport infrastructure. More specifically, rural land right security increases urbanization more in provinces with poorer road networks. In other words, secure land rights lead to urban concentration and urban non-farm diversification only when it is relatively costly to commute within the province."en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/8583
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisher.workingpaperseriesUnited Nations University--World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki, Finlanden_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking Paper no. 2012/41en_US
dc.subjectproperty rightsen_US
dc.subjectland tenure and useen_US
dc.subjectlaboren_US
dc.subjecturbanizationen_US
dc.subject.sectorLand Tenure & Useen_US
dc.subject.sectorUrban Commonsen_US
dc.titleThe Effects of Rural Land Right Security on Labour Structural Transformation and Urbanization: Evidence from Thailanden_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
dc.type.methodologyCase Studyen_US

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