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Heterogeneous Effects of Urban Land Titling: A Replication of ‘Property Rights for the Poor’*

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  • Edward M. Whitney
  • Drew B. Cameron
  • Paul C. Winters

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We replicate the analysis of Sebastian Galiani and Ernesto Shargrodsky’s (GS) influential 2010 article ‘Property rights for the poor: effects of land titling’. GS use a natural experiment in a poor urban area of Buenos Aires to find that land titling increases housing investment, reduces household size, and increases child education, but does not do so through increased use of credit. The original questionnaires and raw data are not available and the existing variables provided by GS allow only a limited replication analysis. Despite these limitations, we successfully reproduce the original findings published by GS, and find these results are robust to alternative specifications. We also find heterogeneous effects regarding gender and education level of the original squatter.

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  • Edward M. Whitney & Drew B. Cameron & Paul C. Winters, 2019. "Heterogeneous Effects of Urban Land Titling: A Replication of ‘Property Rights for the Poor’," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(5), pages 1030-1033, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:55:y:2019:i:5:p:1030-1033
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2018.1506576
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    1. Brown, Annette N. & Wood, Benjamin Douglas Kuflick, 2018. "Which tests not witch hunts: A diagnostic approach for conducting replication research," Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal (2007-2020), Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel), vol. 12, pages 1-26.

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    This item is a replication of:
  • Galiani, Sebastian & Schargrodsky, Ernesto, 2010. "Property rights for the poor: Effects of land titling," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 94(9-10), pages 700-729, October.

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