@book{fdi:010096122,
  title = {{C}ertified to stay ? : long-run experimental evidence on land formalization and widows' tenure security in {B}enin},
  author = {{B}otea, {I}. and {G}oldstein, {M}. and {H}oungbedji, {K}enneth and {K}ondylis, {F}. and {O}'{S}ullivan, {M}. and {S}elod, {H}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n settings where women's land rights are informal, the death of a husband can severely limit a widow's access to land and her ability to remain in her home?







especially in the absence of a male heir. {T}his paper examines whether large-scale land formalization programs can improve widows' land access. {U}sing data from a random-







ized controlled trial in rural {B}enin, the analysis finds that widows in villages with land formalization are more likely to stay in their homes four years after the program, with







the strongest effects among those without a male heir. {T}he paper identifies two key mechanisms: enhanced community recognition of women's land rights and greater







decision-making power over land resources. {T}hese findings highlight the potential of land formalization to strengthen women's tenure security and promote their long-term







economic stability in similar settings.},
  keywords = {{BENIN}},
  address = {{P}aris},
  publisher = {{DIAL}},
  series = {{D}ocument de {T}ravail - {DIAL}},
  pages = {29  multigr.},
  year = {2025},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010096122},
}