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Sharecropping in Theory and Practice: A Selective Review

In: Understanding Development

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  • Debapriya Sen

    (Ryerson University)

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Sharecropping has remained a dominant agrarian institution around the world. There is a large, and growing, literature that has studied this institution from both theoretical and empirical points of view. This chapter presents a review of the literature on sharecropping. Complementing earlier reviews (e.g., Quibria and Rashid, World Dev 12:103–114, 1984; Otsuka and Hayami, Econ Dev Cult Change 37:31–68, 1988; Singh 1989), our approach is purposely selective. After presenting some aspects of the risk-based theories of sharecropping, we discuss certain alternative theories given in the more recent literature. We also comment on some implications of this institution specific to agrarian economies in transition.

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  • Debapriya Sen, 2016. "Sharecropping in Theory and Practice: A Selective Review," India Studies in Business and Economics, in: Swapnendu Banerjee & Vivekananda Mukherjee & Sushil Kumar Haldar (ed.), Understanding Development, edition 1, chapter 5, pages 53-72, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isbchp:978-81-322-2455-6_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-2455-6_5
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    1. Pietrobon, Davide, 2024. "The dual role of insurance in input use: Mitigating risk versus curtailing incentives," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 166(C).

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