Occupational Choices: Economic Determinants of Land Invasions

作者: Neal Richardson , Suresh Naidu , F. Daniel Hidalgo , Simeon Nichter

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摘要: This study estimates the effect of economic conditions on redistributive conflict. We examine land invasions in Brazil using a panel dataset with over 50,000 municipalityyear observations. Adverse shocks, instrumented by rainfall, cause rural poor to invade and occupy large landholdings. exhibits substantial heterogeneity inequality tenure systems. In highly unequal municipalities, negative income shocks twice as many than municipalities average inequality. find no further evidence other observable variables. Cross-sectional regressions confirm importance explaining

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