The Distributive Effects of Land Titleon Labor Supply: Evidence From Brazil
IMF Working Papers, June 1, 2011
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- Authors: Mauricio Moura, Caio Piza, Marcos Poplawski Ribeiro
- Published: June 1, 2011
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455259366.001
Overview
- Paper studies the effects of property-titling on labor supply.
- Isolates the role of legal ownership security by comparing being part of, or excluded from, a land title program in a unique quasi-experiment in two similar communities in the Brazilian city of Osasco.
- Main innovation: estimation of the distributive impact of land title on hours worked via quantile regression methodology and the weighting estimator of Firpo (2007).
- Estimates suggest the impact of land-titling on labor supply is heterogeneous and greater for those households with fewer hours worked before the program.
Methodology
- Quasi-experimental comparison across two similar communities in Osasco (one included in the land title program, one excluded).
- Quantile regression methodology used to estimate distributive impacts across the hours-worked distribution.
- Weighting estimator of Firpo (2007) employed to obtain distributional treatment effects.
- Mentioned estimation tools and approaches: quantile regression, weighting estimator, propensity score (listed in keywords).
Key Findings and Statistics
- Impact of land-titling on labor supply is heterogeneous across the distribution of hours worked.
- Effect is greater for households with fewer hours worked before the program.
- Publication details:
- Pages: 42
- Volume: 2011
- Issue: 131
- Series: Working Paper No. 2011/131
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455259366.001
- Stock No: WPIEA2011131
- ISBN: 9781455259366
- ISSN: 1018-5941
- Authors: Mauricio Moura, Caio Piza, Marcos Poplawski Ribeiro
- Date: June 1, 2011
Policy Implications and Interpretive Notes
- Legal ownership security via land-titling can affect labor supply in a distributionally heterogeneous way, with larger effects among households previously working fewer hours.
- Results imply that land-titling programs may have redistributive labor-market effects that target the lower end of the hours-worked distribution.
- Caution: Working Paper authors note these are research findings in progress; the Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.
Source: Mauricio Moura, Caio Piza, and Marcos Poplawski Ribeiro. "The Distributive Effects of Land Titleon Labor Supply: Evidence From Brazil", IMF Working Papers 2011, 131 (2011), accessed 9/18/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455259366.001
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