Land Reforms in Cuba: First Empirical Assessment on Productivity Using Crop‐Level Panel Data
Abstract
ABSTRACT Land reforms implemented in Cuba since 2008 have aimed to increase agricultural production by distributing state‐owned idle lands with land‐use rights. The reforms restricted farmers with the rights from cultivating perennial and capital‐intensive crops. Thus, the reforms are expected to affect the productivity of annual crops, excluding capital‐intensive crops. We exploit the exogenous restrictions to empirically analyse the impact of the reforms on agricultural productivity using the difference‐in‐differences method based on crop‐level panel data in the nonstate sector. Our findings indicate that the 2008 reform improved the productivity of annual crops, although we noted no significant impact of the 2012 reform.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Land Rights and Reforms
Agricultural economics and policies
Agricultural Development and Policies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Economics of Transition and Institutional Change
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 573–585
- Publication date
- 28 January 2026
- Language
- EN