Sharecropping contracts in rural India: A note |
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Authors: | Ananish Chaudhuri Pushkar Maitra |
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Affiliation: | 1. Dept. of Economics , Washington State University;2. Dept. of Economics , University of Sydney |
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Abstract: | In this article we examine the terms of sharecropping contracts using data from rural India. We examine the effect of - (1) the sharing of input costs between landlord and tenant; (2) the tenant's capacity to borrow; and (3) the existence of outside employment opportunities for the tenant — on the share parameter. We regress the share paid by the household on a set of cultivating household and village level characteristics and find that cost sharing and the existence of outside employment opportunities significantly affect the share parameter. |
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Keywords: | National unification social and economic integration cross-border linkages Hong Kong China |
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