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Impartible Inheritance Versus Equal Division: a Comparative Perspective C entered on Europe and Subsaharan Africa

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Platteau, J.P.
Baland, J.M.

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This paper is concerned with equity issues arising in the process of evolution of land tenure systems towards increasing individualisation. The focus is put on the transformation of non-market modes of land allocation, including inheritance rules and practices.

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Paper provided by Notre-Dame de la Paix, Sciences Economiques et Sociales in its series Papers with number 209.

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Date of creation: 1998
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Keywords: PROPERTY RIGHTS LAND ECONOMICS RESOURCE ALLOCATION

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Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation
R11 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Analysis of Growth, Development, and Changes

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