The impact of India's rural employment guarantee on demand for agricultural technology
This paper investigates whether this increase in the opportunity cost of agricultural labor incentivizes farm owners to adopt labor-saving agricultural technology. Using a regression discontinuity design and new Indian agricultural census data, this paper finds that NREGA causes a shift of roughly 2...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2014
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| author | Bhargava, Anil K. |
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| description | This paper investigates whether this increase in the opportunity cost of agricultural labor incentivizes farm owners to adopt labor-saving agricultural technology. Using a regression discontinuity design and new Indian agricultural census data, this paper finds that NREGA causes a shift of roughly 20 percentage points away from labor-intensive technologies toward labor-saving ones, particularly for small farmers and low-powered technologies. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1503712025-11-06T06:58:14Z The impact of India's rural employment guarantee on demand for agricultural technology Bhargava, Anil K. technology adoption labour market employment welfare social protection agricultural development subsidies poverty social safety nets rural areas This paper investigates whether this increase in the opportunity cost of agricultural labor incentivizes farm owners to adopt labor-saving agricultural technology. Using a regression discontinuity design and new Indian agricultural census data, this paper finds that NREGA causes a shift of roughly 20 percentage points away from labor-intensive technologies toward labor-saving ones, particularly for small farmers and low-powered technologies. 2014 2024-08-01T02:51:36Z 2024-08-01T02:51:36Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150371 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154506 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153853 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160746 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Bhargava, Anil K. 2014. The impact of India's rural employment guarantee on demand for agricultural technology. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1381. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150371 |
| spellingShingle | technology adoption labour market employment welfare social protection agricultural development subsidies poverty social safety nets rural areas Bhargava, Anil K. The impact of India's rural employment guarantee on demand for agricultural technology |
| title | The impact of India's rural employment guarantee on demand for agricultural technology |
| title_full | The impact of India's rural employment guarantee on demand for agricultural technology |
| title_fullStr | The impact of India's rural employment guarantee on demand for agricultural technology |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of India's rural employment guarantee on demand for agricultural technology |
| title_short | The impact of India's rural employment guarantee on demand for agricultural technology |
| title_sort | impact of india s rural employment guarantee on demand for agricultural technology |
| topic | technology adoption labour market employment welfare social protection agricultural development subsidies poverty social safety nets rural areas |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150371 |
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