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  "title": "The Distributive Effects of Land Titleon Labor Supply: Evidence From Brazil",
  "publication": "IMF Working Papers, June 1, 2011",
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  "summary": "This paper studies the effects of property-titling on labor supply. The role of legal ownership security is isolated by comparing the effect that being part of, or excluded from, a land title program in a unique quasi-experiment in two similar communities in the Brazilian city of Osasco.",
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      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- Paper studies the effects of property-titling on labor supply.\n- Isolates the role of legal ownership security by comparing being part of, or excluded from, a land title program in a unique quasi-experiment in two similar communities in the Brazilian city of Osasco.\n- Main innovation: estimation of the distributive impact of land title on hours worked via quantile regression methodology and the weighting estimator of Firpo (2007).\n- Estimates suggest the impact of land-titling on labor supply is heterogeneous and greater for those households with fewer hours worked before the program."
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      "heading": "Methodology",
      "content": "- Quasi-experimental comparison across two similar communities in Osasco (one included in the land title program, one excluded).\n- Quantile regression methodology used to estimate distributive impacts across the hours-worked distribution.\n- Weighting estimator of Firpo (2007) employed to obtain distributional treatment effects.\n- Mentioned estimation tools and approaches: quantile regression, weighting estimator, propensity score (listed in keywords)."
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      "heading": "Key Findings and Statistics",
      "content": "- Impact of land-titling on labor supply is heterogeneous across the distribution of hours worked.\n- Effect is greater for households with fewer hours worked before the program.\n- Publication details:\n  - Pages: 42\n  - Volume: 2011\n  - Issue: 131\n  - Series: Working Paper No. 2011/131\n  - DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455259366.001\n  - Stock No: WPIEA2011131\n  - ISBN: 9781455259366\n  - ISSN: 1018-5941\n- Authors: Mauricio Moura, Caio Piza, Marcos Poplawski Ribeiro\n- Date: June 1, 2011"
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      "heading": "Policy Implications and Interpretive Notes",
      "content": "- Legal ownership security via land-titling can affect labor supply in a distributionally heterogeneous way, with larger effects among households previously working fewer hours.\n- Results imply that land-titling programs may have redistributive labor-market effects that target the lower end of the hours-worked distribution.\n- Caution: Working Paper authors note these are research findings in progress; the Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.\n\nSource: Mauricio Moura, Caio Piza, and Marcos Poplawski Ribeiro. \"The Distributive Effects of Land Titleon Labor Supply: Evidence From Brazil\", IMF Working Papers 2011, 131 (2011), accessed 9/18/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455259366.001\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- wp11131 - Section VI concludes the paper, fleshing out some policy recommendations and proposing\n  - wp11131 - Section VI concludes the paper, fleshing out some policy recommendations and proposing (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - wp11131 - Section VI concludes the paper, fleshing out some policy recommendations and proposing (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/the-distributive-effects-of-land-titleon-labor-supply-evidence-from-brazil-24903"
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    "Published: June 1, 2011",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455259366.001",
    "Paper studies the effects of property-titling on labor supply.",
    "Isolates the role of legal ownership security by comparing being part of, or excluded from, a land title program in a unique quasi-experiment in two similar communities in the Brazilian city of Osasco.",
    "Main innovation: estimation of the distributive impact of land title on hours worked via quantile regression methodology and the weighting estimator of Firpo (2007).",
    "Estimates suggest the impact of land-titling on labor supply is heterogeneous and greater for those households with fewer hours worked before the program.",
    "Quasi-experimental comparison across two similar communities in Osasco (one included in the land title program, one excluded).",
    "Quantile regression methodology used to estimate distributive impacts across the hours-worked distribution.",
    "Weighting estimator of Firpo (2007) employed to obtain distributional treatment effects.",
    "Mentioned estimation tools and approaches: quantile regression, weighting estimator, propensity score (listed in keywords).",
    "Impact of land-titling on labor supply is heterogeneous across the distribution of hours worked.",
    "Effect is greater for households with fewer hours worked before the program.",
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    "Date: June 1, 2011",
    "Legal ownership security via land-titling can affect labor supply in a distributionally heterogeneous way, with larger effects among households previously working fewer hours.",
    "Results imply that land-titling programs may have redistributive labor-market effects that target the lower end of the hours-worked distribution.",
    "Caution: Working Paper authors note these are research findings in progress; the Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.",
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