Replication data for: Determinants of Redistributive Politics: An Empirical Analysis of Land Reforms in West Bengal, India

Name: Replication data for: Determinants of Redistributive Politics: An Empirical Analysis of Land Reforms in West Bengal, India
Published: 2010-09-01
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Keywords: Political Economy of Land Reform Implementation

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Project Citation:

Bardhan, Pranab, and Mookherjee, Dilip. Replication data for: Determinants of Redistributive Politics: An Empirical Analysis of Land Reforms in West Bengal, India. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2010. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112367V1

Project Description

Summary: We investigate political determinants of land reform implementation in the Indian state of West Bengal. Using a village panel spanning 1974-1998, we do not find evidence supporting the hypothesis that land reforms were positively and monotonically related to control of local governments by a Left Front coalition vis-à-vis the right-centrist Congress party, combined with lack of commitment to policy platforms. Instead, the evidence is consistent with a quasi-Downsian theory stressing the role of opportunism (reelection concerns) and electoral competition. (JEL D72, O13, O17, Q15)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Political Economy of Land Reform Implementation

JEL Classification:
      D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
      O13 Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
      O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
      Q15 Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment

Geographic Coverage: West Bengal, India

Time Period(s): 1974 – 1998

Universe: Demographic, land reforms, economic and electoral outcomes for villages in West Bengal

Data Type(s): survey data; administrative records data; census/enumeration data

Collection Notes: It includes data from indirect household surveys for 1978 and 1998 carried out in each village in the sample, containing household demographics, occupation, land ownership and tecy details. This is combined with administrative records of land reforms implemented collected from local land reform offices, and supplemented by census data and those pertaining to local economic and political outcomes from various government publications.

Methodology

Data Source: See collection notes above, and the paper for further details

Unit(s) of Observation: 89 villages,

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