Property Rights, Land Disputes and Water Scarcity: Empirical Evidence from Ethiopia
OPEN ACCESS
Loading...
Author / Producer
Date
2020-01
Publication Type
Journal Article
ETH Bibliography
yes
Citations
Altmetric
OPEN ACCESS
Data
Rights / License
Abstract
This article investigates the relationship between insecure property rights and land disputes using farm household panel data from the highlands of Ethiopia. Our identification strategy relies on the gradual rollout of a land certification program. We find that tenure security significantly reduces the likelihood for a farm household to experience land disputes. We further document that water scarcity during the rainy seasons is an important determinant of land disputes. However, farm households that have been certified are significantly less likely to experience land disputes triggered by water scarcity than farm households without land certification.
Permanent link
Publication status
published
External links
Editor
Book title
Journal / series
Volume
102 (1)
Pages / Article No.
54 - 71
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Event
Edition / version
Methods
Software
Geographic location
Date collected
Date created
Subject
Property rights; Land disputes; Water scarcity; Conflicts; Ethiopia
Organisational unit
Notes
It was possible to publish this article open access thanks to a Swiss National Licence with the publisher.