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Cooperative Property Rights and Development: Evidence from Land Reform in El Salvador

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In cooperative property rights systems, workers jointly own and manage production, whereas in outside-ownership systems, an owner contracts workers. Despite a rich literature on how the allocation of property rights matters for specialization, efficiency, and equity, little causal evidence exists. During a land reform in El Salvador in 1980, the military government reorganized properties owned by individuals with cumulative landholdings over 500 hectares into cooperatives; properties below this threshold remained as outside-owned properties. Using the discontinuous probability of cooperative formation, I provide evidence on the effects of cooperative property rights relative to outside ownership on specialization, productivity, and worker equity.

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  • Eduardo Montero, 2022. "Cooperative Property Rights and Development: Evidence from Land Reform in El Salvador," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 130(1), pages 48-93.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jpolec:doi:10.1086/717042
    DOI: 10.1086/717042
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