LAND REFORM, POVERTY REDUCTION AND GROWTH: EVIDENCE FROM INDIA
BY
TIMOTHY BESLEY AND ROBIN BURGESS*
London School of Economics
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE
This Draft: September 1998
DEDPS No. 13
October 1998
*
The Development Economics Discussion Paper Series
The Suntory Centre
Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics
and Related Disciplines
London School of Economics
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE
Tel: 0171 955 6698
The authors are grateful to Ahbijit Banerjee, Pranab Bardhan, Clive Bell, Francois Bourguignon, Jean
Dreze, Michael Lipton, Rohini Pande, Martin Ravallion and a number of seminar participants for
helpful comments. Timo Henckel and Cecilia Testa provided able research assistance. We also thank
STICERD for invaluable financial support.
LAND REFORM, POVERTY REDUCTION AND GROWTH: EVIDENCE FROM INDIA
BY
TIMOTHY BESLEY AND ROBIN BURGESS
London School of Economics
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE
This Draft: September 1998
ABSTRACT
In recent times there has been a renewed interest in relationships between redistribution, growth and
welfare. Land reforms have been central to strategies to improve the asset base of the poor in
developing countries thought their effectiveness has been hindered by political constraints on
implementation. In this paper we use panel data on the sixteen main Indian states from 1958 to 1992 to
consider whether the large volume of land reforms as have been legislated have had an appreciable
impact on growth and poverty. The evidence presented suggests that land reforms do appear to be
associated with poverty reduction.
Keywords: land reform, political economy, poverty, growth, India
JEL Classification: D60, H11 O11, Q15, R11
© by Timothy Besley and Robin Burgess. All rights reserved. Short sections of text, not to exceed
two paragraphs, may be quoted without explicit permission provided that full credit, including ©
notice, is given to the source.
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dqg Lpsohphqwdwlrq +Qhz Ghokl= Ylndv,
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dqg Srolwlfdo Zhhno|/ Mxqh 5405;1
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flhqf|= Wkh Hfrqrplfv ri Whqdqf| Uhirup* w|shvfulsw PLW dqg Xqlyhuvlw|
ri Fklfdjr1
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ri Ghyhorsphqw*/ Mrxuqdo ri Srolwlfdo Hfrqrp| 434= 98<09;71
^9` Edugkdq/ Sudqde/ +4<:3,/ cLqgld/* lq Fkhqhu| hw do +hgv, Uhglvwulexwlrq zlwk
Jurzwk/ R{irug= R{irug Xqlyhuvlw| Suhvv1
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R{irug= R{irug Xqlyhuvlw| Suhvv1
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qxdo1
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yrow dqg Uhirup lq Djulfxowxudo Odqg Uhodwlrqv* lq Ehkupdq/ M1 dqg Vulql0
ydvdq/ W1Q1 +hg, Kdqgerrn ri Ghyhorsphqw Hfrqrplfv +Dpvwhugdp= Hovh0
ylhu,1
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Ehqjdo= D Vwxg| ri Vhyhq Yloodjhv lq Edugkdpdq* Hfrqrplf dqg Srolwlfdo
Zhhno|/ Pdufk 5;1
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yhuvlw| Suhvv,1
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55
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phwulfv +R{irug= R{irug Xqlyhuvlw| Suhvv,1
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sruwxqlw| +R{irug= Foduhqgrq Suhvv,
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4<8:04<<6* lq Odqmrxz/ S1 dqg Vwhuq/ Q1K1/ D Nlqg ri Jurzwk= Sdoxqsxu
4<8:04<<6 +R{irug= R{irug Xqlyhuvlw| Suhvv,1
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4<;3v* Mrxuqdo ri Frqwhpsrudu| Dvld/ 4:+6,1
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6980<31
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D Shuvshfwlyh iurp Orqjwlwxglqdo Yloodjh Vwxglhv* plphr Fruqhoo Xqlyhuvlw|
dqg Zruog Edqn1
^4<` Phduqv/ U1 +4<<;,/ cDffhvv wr Odqg lq Uxudo Lqgld= Srolf| Lvvxhv dqg Rswlrqv*
plphr Zruog Edqn1
^53` R}ohu/ E1 Gdww/ J1 dqg Udydoolrq/ P1 +4<<9,/ cD Gdwd Edvh rq Sryhuw| dqg
Jurzwk lq Lqgld* plphr Zruog Edqn
^54` Shuvvrq/ Wruvwhq dqg Jxlgr Wdehoolql/ +4<<7,/ cLv Lqhtxdolw| Kdupixo iru
Jurzwk= Wkhru| dqg Hylghqfh/*Dphulfdq Hfrqrplf Uhylhz 7;/ 93309541
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dqg Srolwlfdo Zhhno|/ Qryhpehu 571
^56` Vdujdq/ M1 +4<8;,/ cWkh Hvwlpdwlrq ri Hfrqrplf Uhodwlrqvklsv Xvlqj Lqvwux0
phqwdo Yduldeohv* Hfrqrphwulfd 59/ 6<607481
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87 wr 4<;404<;5= Lpsolfdwlrqv iru Odqg Uhirupv*/ Hfrqrplf dqg Srolwlfdo
Zhhno|/ Vhswhpehu 57
^58` Wkruqhu/ G1 +4<:9,/ Djuduldq Survshfw lq Lqgld +Qhz Ghokl= Doolhg Sxeolvk0
huv,1
56
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Uxudo Lqgld wkurxjk Uhvwxglhv* lq Edugkdq/ S1 +hg, Frqyhuvdwlrqv ehwzhhq
Hfrqrplvwv dqg Dqwkursrorjlvwv +Ghokl= R{irug Xqlyhuvlw| Suhvv,1
^5:` Zduulqhu/ G1 +4<9<,/ Odqg Uhirup lq Sulqlflsoh dqg Sudfwlfh +R{irug= R{0
irug Xqlyhuvlw| Suhvv,1
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Edqn plphr1
57
Table 1: Summary of Main Variables (s.d. in parethesis)
state
state
inc.
p.c
inc
growth
yield
(sdpag/
nsa)
head
count
pov
gap
agric
wages
cum.
land
reform
pop
grow
prop
hard
left
Andra
Pradesh
1004
(260)
0.021
(0.071)
0.041
(0.005)
49.40
(10.68)
14.87
(5.11)
4.53
(1.10)
1.528
(0.506)
0.020
(0.002)
0.069
(0.047)
Assam
903
(196)
0.026
(0.071)
0.152
(0.017)
46.73
(8.77)
10.69
(2.67)
5.35
(1.04)
2.000
(1.069)
0.025
(0.004)
0.046
(0.042)
Bihar
633
(110)
0.007
(0.102)
0.037
(0.005)
63.25
(6.17)
20.88
(4.67)
4.07
(1.01)
4.305
(1.924)
0.020
(0.001)
0.068
(0.031)
Gujarat
1176
(272)
0.019
(0.135)
0.044
(0.008)
52.36
(9.13)
15.81
(4.94)
4.39
(0.78)
3.056
(1.264)
0.023
(0.003)
0
Haryana
1444
(357)
0.035
(0.086)
0.098
(0.012)
30.00
(6.90)
7.11
(2.15)
0
0
0 .025
(0.001)
0
Jammu
Kashmir
1021
(228)
0.013
(0.101)
0.621
(0.058)
32.54
(7.35)
7.20
(2.59)
0
1.333
(0.717)
0.026
(0.001)
0
Karnataka
1037
(216)
0.018
(0.066)
0.045
(0.004)
52.66
(7.82)
16.99
(3.86)
3.85
(0.66)
2.833
(1.384)
0.021
(0.002)
0.014
(0.007)
Kerala
864
(182)
0.019
(0.063)
0.160
(0.017)
56.59
(13.88)
19.70
(7.98)
6.24
(1.56)
5.444
(3.376)
0.018
(0.004)
0.337
(0.135)
Madhya
Pradesh
843
(190)
0.013
(0.106)
0.022
(0.003)
56.14
(7.08)
18.03
(4.11)
3.81
(0.83)
2.806
(0.710)
0.024
(0.001)
0
Maharash
tra
1288
(331)
0.019
(0.70)
0.018
(0.002)
57.30
(7.45)
19.71
(4.38)
3.55
(0.71)
1.861
(0.424)
0.023
(0.001)
0.078
(0.038)
Orissa
873
(186)
0.015
(0.128)
0.070
(0.014)
56.55
(9.04)
17.42
(4.62)
4.07
(0.85)
5.056
(3.116)
0.019
(0.002)
0.036
(0.021)
Punjab
1732
(334)
0.031
(0.060)
0.113
(0.014)
24.67
(8.48)
5.54
(2.90)
8.16
(1.09)
0.75
(0.44)
0 .020
(0.001)
0.093
(0.033)
Rajasthan
785
(136)
0.014
(0.144)
0.027
(0.003)
51.37
(7.37)
16.96
(3.81)
5.12
(0.68)
0.944
(0.232)
0.026
(0.002)
0.011
(0.010)
Tamil
Nadu
1015
(272)
0.020
(0.101)
0.052
(0.008)
54.45
(7.84)
18.58
(4.40)
3.92
(0.52)
4.917
(2.545)
0.016
(0.003)
0.042
(0.027)
Uttar
Pradesh
874
(140)
0.011
(0.081)
0.025
(0.002)
47.86
(7.20)
12.84
(3.14)
4.71
(1.38)
3.750
(1.251)
0.021
(0.003)
0.023
(0.009)
West
Bengal
1173
(191)
0.011
(0.064)
0.074
(0.007)
46.88
(10.31)
14.92
(5.32)
6.12
(1.81)
6.139
(5.581)
0.023
(0.002)
0.455
(0.256)
TOTAL
1078
(556)
0.017
(0.094)
0.098
(0.141)
49.16
(13.07)
15.10
(6.27)
4.799
(1.584)
2.910
(2.749)
0.022
(0.003)
0.078
(0.142)
Table 2: Important Events in Land Reforms in Indian States since 1950
State
Andhra Pradesh
Year
1950
(am. 54)
1952
1954
1955
1956
Title
(Telengana Area)
Tenancy and
Agricultural Lands Act
Hyderabad Abolition
of Cash Grants Act
Inams Abolition Act
(Absorbed) Enclaves
(Hyderabad Jagirdars)
Act
Inam (Abolition and
Conversion into
Ryotwari) Act
Tenancy Act
1956
(am. 74)
Inams Abolition Act
1957
Assam
1951
1954
1956
(am. 76)
1960
1971
State Acquisition of
Zamindari Act
Lushai Hills District
(Acquisition of Chiefs
Rights) Act
Fixation of Ceiling on
Land Holdings Act
Consolidation of
Holdings Act
(Temporarily Settled
Areas) Tenancy Act
Description
(Inter alia) Tenants received protected tenancy
status; tenants to have minimum term of lease;
right of purchase of non-resumable lands;
transfer of ownership to protected tenants in
respect of non-resumable lands; as a result 13611
protected tenants declared owners.
Abolition of all the 975 jagirs in Talangena.
Class.
1
Abolition of inams (with few exceptions).
Abolition of all the 975 jagirs in Talangena.
2
2
Acquisition of 11137 estates; abolition of 1.06
million minor inams. (CHECK!)
2
Tenancy continues upto 2/3 of ceiling area; law
does not provide for conferment of ownership
right on tenants except through right to purchase;
confers continuous right of resumption on
landowners.
Abolition of inams (with few exceptions), struck
down by the High Court in 1970.
Abolition of intermediary rights involving 0.67
million hectares.
Same as above.
1
Self-explanatory.
3
Introduction of compulsory consolidation.
4
Classifies tenants into occupancy and nonoccupancy tenants; former has security of tenure,
may acquire landlord’s right of holding by paying
50 times the land revenue; subletting is
disallowed.
1
2
2
2
2
Bihar
1950
Land Reforms Act
1957
Homestead Tenancy
Act
1961
(am. 73)
1961
Land Reforms Act
1973
(am. 82)
Act 12 (amendment to
Land Reforms Act)
Act 55
Land Ceiling Act
1976
1982
Tenancy (Amendment)
Act
Gujarat
1986
1948
(am. 55
& 60)
Bombay Tenancy and
Agricultural Lands Act
1960
Agricultural Lands
Ceiling Act
1969
Devasthan Inam
Abolition Act
Amending Act
1973
Haryana
Jammu & Kashmir
1953
Punjab Security of
Land Tenures Act
1955
Pepsu Tenancy and
Agricultural Land Act
1962
1976
Agrarian Reforms Act
Abolition of zamindari; implementation of this
act very slow.
Confers rights of permanent tenancy in
homestead lands on persons holding less than
one acre of land.
Prohibits subletting, preventing sub-lessee from
acquiring right of occupancy.
Imposition of ceiling on landholdings of 9.7129.14 hectares (1960-1972) and of 6.07-18.21
hectare (after 1972).
Introduced provisions relating to the voluntary
surrender of surplus land.
(Inter alia) Provided for the substitution of legal
heir; ceiling area shall be redetermined when
classification of land changes; ordered that the
landholder necessarily retain land transferred in
contravention of the Act.
Provides definition of personal cultivation;
provides for acquisition of occupancy rights by
underraiyats.
2
Tenants entitled to acquire right of ownership
after expiry of one year upto ceiling area; confers
ownership right on tenants in possession of
dwelling site on payment of 20 times annual rent;
law does not confer any rights on sub-tenants.
Imposed ceiling on landholdings of 4.05-53.14
hectares (1960-1972) and of 4.05-21.85 hectares
(after 1972).
Abolishes all grades of intermediary tenures, but
law was partially injuncted from implementation
by order of Supreme Court.
Provides opportunity to acquire ownership of
holdings but largely overridden by numerous
provisions.
Provides complete security of tenure for tenants
in continuous possession of land (<15 acres) for
12 years; grants tenants optional right of
purchase of ownership of non-resumable land; no
bar on future leasing.
Same as above.
1
Introduction of compulsory consolidation.
All rights, titles, and interests in land of any
person not cultivating it personally in kharif
1971 are extinguished and transferred to the
state; provides for conferment of ownership
rights on tenants after allowing resident landlord
to resume land for personal cultivation.
4
1
1
1
3
3
3
1
3
2
1
1
1
Karnataka
1954
1955
1961
(effect.
65)
Kerala
Mysore (Personal and
Miscellaneous) Inam
Abolition Act
Mysore (Religious and
Charitable) Inams
Abolition Act
Land Reforms Act
1974
Land Reforms
(Amendment) Act
1960
Agrarian Relations Act
Land Reforms Act
1963
1969
(effect.
70) am.
79
1974
Madhya Pradesh
1950
Land Reforms
(Amendment) Act
Agricultural Workers
Act
1959
Abolition of
Proprietary Rights
(Estates, Mahals,
Alienated Lands) Act
United States of
Gwalior, Indore and
Malwa Zamindari
Abolition Act
Abolition of Jagir Act
Vindhya Pradesh
Abolition of Jagirs and
Land Reforms Act
Land Revenue Code
1959
1960
Ceiling on Agricultural
Holdins Act
1951
1951
1952
Abolished all the large inamdari intermediaries;
process of implementation very slow.
2
Same as above.
2
Provides for fixity of tenure subject to landlord’s
right to resume 1/2 leased area; grants tenants
optional right to purchase ownership on payment
of 15-20 times the net rent; imposition of ceiling
on landholdings.
Imposition of ceiling on landholdings of 4.0521.85 hectares (after 1972); removal of all but
one of the exemptions from tenancy legislation.
Abolishes intermediaries, but law struck down by
Supreme Court.
Concedes tenant’s right to purchase the land from
landowners.
Conferment of full ownership rights on tenants;
2.5 million tenants could become landowners;
right of resumption expires; although farreaching on paper, law "not conducive to social
justice" because of concealed tenancy;
imposition of ceiling on landholdings of
6.07-15.18 hectares (1960-1972) and of 4.866.07 hectares (after 1972); abolition of
intermediary rights.
Called for employment security, fixed hours,
minimum wages, etc.
Abolition of intermediary rights.
1, 3
Same as above.
2
Same as above.
Same as above.
2
2
Leasing prohibited; entitles occupancy tenants to
owner ship rights of non-resumable area on
payment of 15 times the land revenue;
implementation of reform inefficient, one reason
being that sharecroppers and tenants are not
recorded.
Introduction of compulsory consolidation.
Imposed ceiling on landholdings of 10.12
hectares (1960-1972) and of 4.05-21.85 hectares
(after 1972).
1
1, 3
2
1
1, 2, 3
1
2
4
3
Maharashtra
1950
1958
1961
Orissa
Punjab
1951
1972
Agricultural Land
(Ceiling on Holdings)
Act
Estate Abolition Act
Land Reforms Act
1960
(am. 73
& 76)
Land Reforms Act
1972
1953
???
Punjab Security of
Land Tenures Act
Pepsu Tenancy and
Agricultural Land Act
Land Reforms Act
1955
1972
Rajasthan
Hyderabad Tenancy
and Agricultural Lands
Act
Bombay Tenancy and
Agricultural Land Act
1952
1953
1953
1955
1955
1959
Land Reforms and
Resumption of Jagir
Act
Bombay Merged
Territories and Area
(Jagir Abolition) Act
???
Ajmer Abolition of
Intermediaries and
Land Reforms Act
Tenancy Act
Zamindari and
Biswedari Abolition
Act
Provides for suo motto transfer of ownership to
tenants of non-resumable lands (applies to
Marathawada region).
Provides for transfer of ownership to tenants
with non-resumable lands (with effect from
1-4-96).
Imposition of ceiling on landholdings.
1
Aimed at abolishing all intermediary interests.
Entitled tenants to acquire ryoti rights over entire
land held by them.
Provides for fixity of tenure of non-resumable
area; prohibits subletting; implementation poor;
financial help for purchase of ownership right
lacking; most leases in form of sharecropping but
sharecroppers not recorded as tenants;
imposition of ceiling on landholdings of
8.09-32.37 hectares (1960-1972) and of 4.0518.21 hectares (after 1972).
Introduction of compulsory consolidation.
See under Haryana.
2
2
See under Haryana.
1
Permissible limit (ceiling) is 7 hectares; 5 acres
of land are secured, the rest may be resumed;
optional right of purchase of ownership;
sharecropping not considered tenancy; tenants
often coerced to "voluntarily surrender" land;
land leases not registered under provision of
tenancy laws.
Abolishes all intermediary rights.
1
Same as above.
2
Introduction of compulsory consolidation.
Abolishes intermediary interests in other areas.
4
2
Confers security of tenure to tenants and subtenants; ownership rights can be transferred;
provisions of voluntary surrender made legislation "mere farce."
Abolishes intermediary interests in other areas.
1
1
3
1, 3
4
1
2
2
Tamil Nadu
1948
1952
1955
(am. 65)
1956
1961
(am. 71)
1961
1969
Estates (Abolition and
Conversion into
Ryotwari) Act XXVI
Thanjavur Tenants and
Pannaiyal Protection
Act
Madras Cultivating
Tenants Protection Act
Cultivating Tenants
(Payment of Fair Rent)
Act
Public Tenants Act
Land Reforms
(Fixation of Ceiling on
Land) Act
Agricultural LandRecords of Tenancy
Right Act
Occupants of
Kudiyiruppu Act
1971
1976
Uttar Pradesh
1950
(am. 52,
54, 56,
58, 77)
1953
1960
(effect.
61)
Rural Artisans
(Conferment of
Ownership of
Kudiyiruppu) Act
Zamindari Abolition
and Land Reforms Act
Consolidation of
Holdings Act
Imposition of Ceilings
on Landholdings Act
A series of laws enacted (through long intervals)
for the abolition of various types of
intermediaries.
2
1
Prohibits any cultivating tenant from being
evicted but allows for resumption upto 1/2 of
lands leased out to tenant.
Abolishes usury and rack-renting.
1
1
Provides that no public trust can evict its
cultivating tenants.
Imposition of ceiling on landholdings of
12.14-48.56 hectares (1960-1972) and of 4.8624.28 hectares (after 1972).
Provides for preparation and maintenance of
complete record of tenancy rights.
Provides for acquisition and conferment of
ownership rightson agriculturists, agricultural
laborers and rural artisans.
Same as above.
1
3
1
1
1
All tenants are given complete security of tenure
without any right of resumption for the
landowner; leases, in general, are banned; law
provided for transferring and vesting of of all
zamindari estates; zamindari was abolished over
60.2 million acres (out of total state area of 72.6
million acres).
Introduction of compulsory consolidation.
1, 2
Imposition of ceiling on landholdings of 16.1932.37 hectares (1960-1972) and of 7.30-18.25
hectares (after 1972).
3
4
West Bengal
1950
Bargadars Act
1953
Estates Acquisition
Act
Land Reforms Act
1955 (am
70, 71 &
77)
1972
1975
1977
1981
1986
1990
Acquisition and
Settlement of
Homestead Land
(Amendment) Act
Acquisition of
Homestead Land for
Agricultural Laborers,
Artisans and
Fishermen Act
Land Reforms
(Amendment) Act
Land Reforms
(Amendment) Act
Land Reforms
(Amendment) Act
Stipulated that the bargadar and the landowner
could choose any proportion acceptable to them.
Landholders limited to a ceiling; provided for
abolition of all intermediary tenures
Provides that landowner can resume land for
personal cultivation such that tenant is left with
at least 1 hectare; sharecropping not considered
tenancy (in West Bengal most tenants are
sharecroppers); provides for land consolidation if
two or more landowners agree.
Tenants of homestead lands are given full rights.
Over 2.5 lakh persons were given homestead
land (about eight cents each) up to Jan 1991.
"Raises presumption in favor of sharecroppers"
(Yugandhar & Iyer, p. 48)
Designed to plug the loopholes in the earlier
Acts relating to the ceiling of landholdings.
Sought to bring all classes of land under the
ceiling provisions by withdrawing previous
exemptions; provided for regulatory measures to
check indiscriminate conversion of land from
one use to another; law not yet fully
implemented.
Same as above.
Land Reforms
(Amendment) Act
Classification Codes:
1. Tenancy Reforms
2. Abolition of Intermediaries
3. Ceilings on Landholdings
4. Consolidation of Land Holdings
1
1, 2
1, 4
1
1
1
3
3
Table 3: Land Reform and Poverty in India: Basic Results
(z statistics in parenthesis)1
rural
pov
gap
rural
pov
gap
rural
pov
gap
rural
head
count
urban
pov
gap
PGR
-PGU
PGR
-PGU
HCR
-HCU
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
model
GLS
AR(1)
GLS
AR(1)
GLS
AR(1)
GLS
AR(1)
GLS
AR(1)
GLS
AR(1)
GLS
AR(1)
GLS
AR(1)
lagged (t-4)
cumulative
land reform
-0.281
(2.18)
-0.443
(3.21)
0.085
(1.05)
-0.534
(5.24)
lagged (t-4)
tenancy reforms
-0.604
(2.52)
-1.378
(3.13)
-0.736
(3.27)
-1.916
(4.37)
lagged (t-4)
abolition inter
-2.165
(4.08)
-4.354
(4.11)
-1.327
(2.59)
-3.364
(3.73)
lagged (t-4)
land cielings
0.089
(0.11)
0.734
(0.86)
0.230
(0.61)
0.888
(1.14)
lagged (t-4)
consolidation land
0.456
(0.82)
-0.208
(0.19)
-0.210
(0.42)
-1.737
(1.62)
state effects
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
year effects
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
no.
obs.
506
300
506
506
507
507
507
507
1
All regressions are reported with robust standard errors.
Table 4: Land Reform and Poverty in India: Controlling for Omitted Policy Effects
(z statistics in parenthesis)2
lagged (t-4)
cumulative
land reform
rural
pov
gap
rural
poverty
gap
rural
head
count
urban
poverty
gap
PGR
-PGU
HCR
-HCU
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
GLS
AR(1)
GLS
AR(1)
GLS
AR(1)
GLS
AR(1)
GLS
AR(1)
GLS
AR(1)
0.0004
(0.005)
-0.413
(3.89)
-1.136
(4.77)
-0.295
(3.22)
lagged (t-4)
tenancy reforms
-0.507
(2.10)
-0.937
(2.00)
lagged (t-4)
abolition inter
-1.574
(2.50)
-2.715
(2.16)
lagged (t-4)
land cielings
-0.180
(0.70)
0.076
(0.09)
lagged (t-4)
consolidation land
-0.194
(0.37)
-0.804
(0.79)
population
growth
rate
-71.49
(0.90)
-80.81
(1.29)
-92.32
(0.53)
-86.725
(1.42)
35.203
(0.41)
159.47
(0.96)
lagged (t-4)
p.c. edu exp
0.041
(1.27)
0.049
(1.51)
0.035
(0.48)
0.039
(1.58)
0.044
(1.15)
-0.020
(0.24)
lagged (t-4)
p.c. health exp
0.055
(1.09)
0.059
(1.14)
0.021
(0.18)
0.019
(0.55)
0.064
(1.09)
0.159
(1.15)
lagged (t-4)
p.c. other exp
0.015
(1.79)
0.013
(1.63)
0.020
(1.08)
0.015
(3.10)
-0.004
(0.47)
-0.030
(1.43)
lagged (t-4)
p.c. redis state
tax
-0.103
(2.17)
-0.115
(2.43)
-0.385
(3.45)
-0.004
(0.11)
-0.148
(2.81)
-0.439
(3.23)
lagged (t-4) state
taxes as % SDP
-63.27
(4.16)
-59.085
(3.89)
-76.403
(2.26)
-29.24
(2.55)
-7.85
(0.48)
15.055
(0.40)
lagged (t-4)
yield
-19.728
(2.88)
-18.704
(2.75)
-34.17
(2.06)
-9.35
(2.58)
-5.427
(0.79)
-4.673
(0.26)
state effects
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
year effects
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
no.
obs.
416
416
416
416
416
416
2
All regressions are reported with robust standard errors.
Table 5: Land Policy Determination
(t statistics in parenthesis)3
3
cum land
reforms
tenancy
reforms
abol
inter
land
cielings
consol
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
model
OLS
OLS
OLS
OLS
OLS
lagged (t-4)
cumulative
land reform
0.406
(12.23)
lagged (t-4)
tenancy reforms
0.693
(16.26)
-0.002
(0.16)
-0.009
(0.38)
0.021
(1.13)
lagged (t-4)
abolition inter
0.041
(0.53)
0.664
(14.21)
0.109
(1.51)
-0.029
(1.06)
lagged (t-4)
land cielings
-0.131
(2.11)
-0.172
(0.65)
0.631
(15.60)
-0.045
(1.44)
lagged (t-4)
consolidation land
0.694
(5.06)
-0.038
(1.14)
0.174
(2.93)
0.772
(7.85)
lagged (t-4)
Congress
-0.460
(2.81)
-0.472
(4.78)
-0.098
(2.37)
-0.066
(1.85)
-0.075
(1.85)
lagged (t-4)
hard left
2.837
(2.95)
0.476
(0.72)
0.149
(0.97)
1.437
(5.46)
-0.302
(0.73)
lagged (t-4)
soft left
-3.921
(3.09)
-2.363
(3.25)
-1.101
(2.60)
-1.990
(3.63)
-0.426
(1.06)
lagged (t-4)
hindu parties
0.270
(0.33)
-0.089
(0.19)
-0.045
(0.15)
0.556
(2.01)
-0.410
(2.08)
state effects
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
year effects
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Number of
observations
474
474
474
474
474
All regressions are reported with robust standard errors.
Table 6: Land Reform and Poverty in India: Instrumentation
(t statistics in parenthesis)4
rural
pov
gap
rural
head
count
rural
pov
gap
rural
head
count
PGR
-PGU
HCR
-HCU
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
model
IV5
IV
IV
IV
IV
IV
lagged (t-4)
cumulative
land reform
-0.732
(6.02)
-1.360
(5.68)
-0.437
(3.60)
-1.260
(4.45)
lagged (t-4)
tenancy reforms
-0.998
(3.16)
-2.405
(3.67)
lagged (t-4)
abolition inter
-2.271
(2.58)
-5.701
(3.65)
lagged (t-4)
land cielings
-1.372
(2.34)
0.432
(0.39)
lagged (t-4)
consolidation land
1.624
(1.72)
1.969
(1.00)
Sargan overid test
(p-value)
(p=0.99)
(p=0.97)
(p=0.95)
(p=0.99)
(p=0.92)
(p=0.98)
state effects
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
year effects
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
no.
obs.
410
410
410
410
410
410
4
All regressions are reported with robust standard errors.
Instruments for the endogenous policy variable (cumulative land reform lagged four periods) includes
share of seats in state assembly occupied by Congress,hard left, soft left and Hindu parties lagged eight periods and
land reform variables lagged eight periods (see Table 5 for first stage).
5
Table 7: Land Reform and Agricultural Wages
(z statistics in parenthesis)6
6
real agricultural
wages
real agricultural
wages
(1)
(2)
model
GLS
AR(1)
GLS
AR(1)
lagged (t-4)
cumulative
land reform
0.081
(2.71)
lagged (t-4)
tenancy reforms
0.049
(0.88)
lagged (t-4)
abolition inter
0.339
(2.61)
lagged (t-4)
land cielings
0.069
(0.09)
lagged (t-4)
consolidation land
0.018
(0.13)
state effects
YES
YES
year effects
YES
YES
no.
obs.
441
441
All regressions are reported with robust standard errors.
Table 8: Land Reform and Growth in India
(z statistics in parenthesis)7
lagged (t-1)log
state inc p.c.
log state
inc
pc
log state
ag inc
pc
log state
ag inc
pc
yield
(ag SDP
/NSA)
yield
(ag SDP
/NSA)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
GLS
AR(1)
GLS
AR(1)
GLS
AR(1)
GLS
AR(1)
GLS
AR(1)
0.195
(4.17)
0.173
(3.43)
0.497
(12.53)
lagged (t-1)log
ag state inc p.c.
lagged (t-4)
tenancy reforms
-0.002
(0.43)
-0.037
(4.54)
-0.032
(2.98)
-0.001
(2.49)
-0.001
(2.11)
lagged (t-4)
abolition inter
-0.005
(0.54)
0.005
(0.27)
-0.017
(0.80)
-0.0002
(0.17)
-0.0006
(0.35)
lagged (t-4)
land cielings
-0.002
(0.22)
0.019
(1.26)
0.012
(0.64)
0.0007
(0.65)
0.0004
(0.34)
lagged (t-4)
consolidation land
-0.013
(1.29)
0.065
(3.31)
0.056
(2.14)
0.003
(2.07)
0.003
(1.69)
population
gr. rate
-2.329
(0.68)
0.214
(0.96)
lagged (t-4)
p.c. edu exp
0.003
(1.46)
0.0003
(2.06)
lagged (t-4)
p.c. health exp
-0.004
(1.92)
-0.0001
(0.61)
lagged (t-4)
p.c. other exp
-0.0004
(1.16)
-0.00004
(1.11)
lagged (t-4)
p.c. red st. tax
-0.004
(1.55)
-0.0003
(1.27)
lagged (t-4) state
taxes as % SDP
0.593
(0.74)
0.052
(0.79)
lagged (t-4)
yield
0.170
(0.66)
0.028
(0.42)
state effects
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
year effects
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
no.
obs.
484
484
433
488
433
7
All regressions are reported with robust standard errors.