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Land distribution and income inequality in rice-growing villages in the Philippines, 1993, 1997

Philippine Review of Economics

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Title Land distribution and income inequality in rice-growing villages in the Philippines, 1993, 1997
 
Creator Estudillo, Jonna P.; National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Hossain, Mahabub; IRRI Social Sciences Division
 
Subject Land distribution; income distribution; modern rice technology
 
Description This paper examines the relationship between land distribution and income inequality in three rice-growing villages in the Philippines. One of our findings is that access to land has ceased to be the most important determinant of household income position, as farming and landless households have increasingly derived their incomes from non-farm economic activities. The association between land distribution and income distribution has weakened. Non-farm income has become an equalizing factor, which means that the development of the non-farm sector and the improved access of households to such markets have played a more decisive influence on decreasing income inequality. JEL classification: O10, O12, O15, O33
 
Publisher Philippine Review of Economics
 
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Date 2010-09-03
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.econ.upd.edu.ph/pre/index.php/pre/article/view/19
 
Source Philippine Review of Economics; Vol 40, No 2 (2003)
1655-1516
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.econ.upd.edu.ph/pre/index.php/pre/article/view/19/571
 
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