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Introduction and
Background Reading
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Ray,
Debraj (1998), Development Economics, Princeton University Press,
Chapters 11 - 15.
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Bardhan, Pranab and Christopher Udry (1999),
Development Microeconomics, Oxford University Press, Chapters 4, 6,
7, 8 and 9.
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Mookherjee, Dilip and Debraj Ray (2001), Section 3 of Introduction
to Readings in the Theory of Economic Development, London:
Blackwell.
Agrarian Organization
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Eswaran, Mukesh and Ashok Kotwal (1986), "Access
to Capital and Agrarian Production Organization", Economic
Journal, 96, 482-498.
Labour Market
Imperfections
Malnutrition and
Efficiency Wages
- Dasgupta, Partha and Debraj Ray (1986), "Inequality
as a Determinant of Malnutrition and Unemployment: Theory",
Economic Journal, 96, 1011-1034.
- Dasgupta, Partha and Debraj Ray (1987), "Inequality
as a Determinant of Malnutrition and Unemployment: Policy",
Economic Journal, 97, 177-188.
Incentive-based Efficiency Wages
- Eswaran, Mukesh and Ashok Kotwal (1985), "A
Theory of Two-Tier Labour Markets in Agrarian Economies",
American Economic Review, 75, 162-177.
Rural Land Markets
Land Rental Contracts
- Stiglitz, Joseph E. (1974), "Incentives
and Risk Sharing in Sharecropping", Review of Economic
Studies, 41(2), 219-255.
- Laffont, Jean-Jacques and Mohamed Salah Matoussi (1995), "Moral
Hazard, Financial Constraints and Sharecropping in El Oulja",
Review of Economic Studies, 62(3), 381-399.
- Banerjee, Abhijit V., Paul J. Gertler and Maitreesh Ghatak
(2002), "Empowerment
and Efficiency: Tenancy Reform in West Bengal", Journal of
Political Economy, 110, 239-280.
- Singh, Nirvikar (1989), "Theories of Sharecropping", in The
Economic Theory of Agrarian Institutions, ed. Pranab Bardhan,
Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Singh, Nirvikar (2000), "Theories of Sharecropping", in
Readings in Development Microeconomics: Micro-Theory, volume 1,
ed. Pranab Bardhan and Christopher Udry, Cambridge: MIT Press.
Land Markets
- Mookherjee, Dilip (2001), "Informational Rents and Property Rights
in Land", Chapter 13, Readings in the Theory of Economic
Development, ed. Mookherjee, Dilip and Debraj Ray, London:
Blackwell.
Fragmented Credit
Markets
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Ghosh, Parikshit, Dilip Mookherjee and Debraj Ray
(2001), "Credit Rationing in Developing Countries: An Overview of
the Theory", Chapter 11, Readings in the Theory of Economic
Development, ed. Mookherjee, Dilip and Debraj Ray, London:
Blackwell.
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Bardhan, Pranab and Christopher Udry (1999),
"Fragmented Credit Markets", Chapter 7, Development
Microeconomics, Oxford University Press.
Risk and Insurance
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Bardhan, Pranab and Christopher Udry (1999), "Risk
and Insurance in an Agricultural Economy", Chapter 8, Development
Microeconomics, Oxford University Press.
Interlinkage of
Transactions
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Braverman, Avishay and Joseph E. Stiglitz (1982), "Sharecropping
and the Interlinking of Agrarian Markets", American Economic
Review, 72, 695-715.
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Bardhan, Pranab and Christopher Udry (1999), "Interlinkage
of Transactions and Rural Development", Chapter 9, Development
Microeconomics, Oxford University Press.
Cooperatives and
Informal Institutions
Mutual Insrance
- Coate, Stephen and Martin Ravallion (1993), "Reciprocity without
Commitment: Characterization and Performance of Informal Insurance
Arrangements", Journal of Development Economics, 40, 1-24.
Mutual Credit
- Besley, Timothy, Stephen Coate and Glenn Loury (1993), "The
Economics of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations",
American Economic Review, 83, 792-810.
Microcredit and Joint
Liability Loans
- Ghatak, Maitreesh and Timothy W. Guinnane (1999), "The
Economics of Lending with Joint Liability: Theory and Practice",
Journal of Development Economics, 60, 1-34.
Social Learning
- Foster, Andrew D. and Mark R. Rosenzweig (1995), "Learning
by Doing and Learning from Others: Human Capital and Technical
Change in Agriculture", Journal of Political Economy,
103, 1176-1209.
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