Land Market Restrictions, Women's Labor Force Participation, and Wages in a Rural Economy

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dc.creatorEmran, M. Shahe
dc.creatorShilpi, Forhad
dc.date2016-01-12T21:44:16Z
dc.date2016-01-12T21:44:16Z
dc.date2015-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:48:08Z
dc.descriptionThis paper analyzes the effects of land market restrictions on the rural labor market outcomes for women. The existing literature emphasizes two mechanisms through which land restrictions can affect the economic outcomes: the collateral value of land, and (in) security of property rights. Analysis of this paper focuses on an alternative mechanism where land restrictions increase costs of migration out of villages. The testable prediction of collateral effect is that both wages and labor force participation move in the same direction, and insecurity of property rights reduces labor force participation and increases wages. In contrast, if land restrictions work primarily through higher migration costs, labor force participation increases, while wages decline. For identification, this paper exploits a natural experiment in Sri Lanka where historical malaria played a unique role in land policy. This paper provides robust evidence of a positive effect of land restrictions on womens labor force participation, but a negative effect on female wages. The empirical results thus contradict a collateral or insecure property rights effect, but support migration costs as the primary mechanism.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25713633/land-market-restrictions-womens-labor-force-participation-wages-rural-economy
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/23624
dc.identifier10.1596/1813-9450-7524
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/411218
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7524
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectJOBS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectRIGHTS
dc.subjectPRODUCTION
dc.subjectPRELIMINARY EVIDENCE
dc.subjectCURRENT LABOR FORCE
dc.subjectINFORMAL SECTOR
dc.subjectINFORMATION SYSTEM
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectPOLICY RESTRICTIONS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectLABOR ALLOCATION
dc.subjectRURAL WOMEN
dc.subjectRURAL LABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectAGE GROUP
dc.subjectLEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectINFORMATION
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectMONITORING
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectEFFECTS
dc.subjectINCENTIVES
dc.subjectRURAL LABOR MARKET
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectWAGE DETERMINATION
dc.subjectRURAL LABOR
dc.subjectETHNIC GROUP
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectNATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectADULT HEALTH
dc.subjectKNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectURBAN MIGRATION
dc.subjectSOCIAL IMPACT
dc.subjectPOPULATION CENSUS
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS
dc.subjectECONOMIC MOBILITY
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectLABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectNON-FARM EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYED
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectADOPTION
dc.subjectMARKETS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectLAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectCULTURAL CHANGE
dc.subjectMIGRATION DATA
dc.subjectLABOR
dc.subjectADULT MALE
dc.subjectMIGRANTS
dc.subjectCURRENT POPULATION
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectGLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRESPECT
dc.subjectFEMALE LABOR
dc.subjectEDUCATED WOMEN
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectSKILL PREMIUM
dc.subjectRURAL WOMAN
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subjectGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectINFANT
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectSOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectREAL WAGE
dc.subjectLABOR DEMAND
dc.subjectWOMAN
dc.subjectWOMEN WORKERS
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectVALUE
dc.subjectURBAN CENTERS
dc.subjectEXOGENOUS CHARACTERISTIC
dc.subjectAGE GROUPS
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY
dc.subjectPOPULATION DENSITY
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectKIDS
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
dc.subjectWAGE RATE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectLABOR MOBILITY
dc.subjectMALE PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectMALARIA
dc.subjectBULLETIN
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectPOLICY
dc.subjectQUALITY OF LIFE
dc.subjectOLDER WOMEN
dc.subjectEQUILIBRIUM WAGES
dc.subjectNUMBER OF WOMEN
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY LEVEL
dc.subjectADULT WOMEN
dc.subjectPREGNANT WOMEN
dc.subjectECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectLAND PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPARTICIPATION OF WOMEN
dc.subjectTHEORY
dc.subjectPOPULATION MOVEMENTS
dc.subjectSECURITY
dc.subjectWAR
dc.subjectINVESTMENT
dc.subjectMARKET EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectRISK
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectILLNESS
dc.subjectFEMALE LABOR FORCE
dc.subjectSUPPLY
dc.subjectDISABILITY
dc.subjectETHNO-LINGUISTIC FRACTIONALIZATION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectLABOR INTENSITY
dc.subjectPOPULATION
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectLAW
dc.subjectMARITAL STATUS
dc.subjectCONSUMER PRICE INDEX
dc.subjectINFECTION RATES
dc.subjectLOCAL LABOR MARKET
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectGREEN REVOLUTION
dc.subjectWOMEN
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectOUTCOMES
dc.subjectMONITORING COSTS
dc.subjectURBAN POPULATION
dc.subjectPRICES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectEXCLUSION RESTRICTION
dc.titleLand Market Restrictions, Women's Labor Force Participation, and Wages in a Rural Economy
dc.typeWorking Paper
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