TY  - BOOK
AU  - Winters-Michaud, Clayton
AU  -  Burnett, Wesley
AU  -  Callahan, Scott
AU  -  Keller, Andrew
AU  -  Williams, Michael
TI  - Land-use patterns on heirs' property in the American South
SN  - 2040-5804
PB  - Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
KW  -  Land Ownership
KW  -  Land Use
KW  -  Social Justice Issues
KW  - Heirs' Property
N2  - Heirs' property is a much-criticized form of land ownership that disproportionately affects African Americans. This paper outlines a novel methodology for identifying heirs' property and classifying land-use thereon. We summarize our results for the US South and present a comparison of land-use patterns on heirs' property to the broader population, providing evidence both for and against commonly held beliefs about land use on heirs' property. For example, we find that the percentage of heirs' property classified as other (non-agricultural) rural land is five times higher than the general population of non-federal property, while the percentage of land classified as cropland is relatively equal between the two groups
UR  - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/aepp.13354
ER  -