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Property rights and tax compliance

Project report Sustainable Growth and State Effectiveness

This study examines how formalising property rights through land titling in Quelimane, Mozambique, influences citizen-state relations. The study finds that legal documentation significantly boosts political engagement, prosocial behaviour, and subjective wellbeing. While economic shifts such as labour reallocation and reduced remittance dependence were observed, income and credit access remained unchanged, highlighting the gradual nature of economic returns from tenure security.

Authors

Wayne Sandholtz

Assistant Professor, Nova School of Business and Economics
Pedro Vicente

Pedro Vicente

Professor of Economics, Nova School of Business and Economics

Marta Silveira Botelho

Research Assistant, NOVAFRICA

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Themes
Sustainable Growth State Effectiveness
Countries
Mozambique