Replication data for: Subsidized Farm Input Programs and Agricultural Performance: A Farm-Level Analysis of West Bengal's Green Revolution, 1982-1995
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Bardhan, Pranab, and Mookherjee, Dilip. Replication data for: Subsidized Farm Input Programs and Agricultural Performance: A Farm-Level Analysis of West Bengal’s Green Revolution, 1982-1995. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2011. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113799V1
Project Description
Summary:
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We examine the role of delivery of subsidized seeds and fertilizers in the form of agricultural minikits by local governments in three successive farm panels in West Bengal spanning 1982-1995. These programs significantly raised farm value added per acre, accounting for almost two-thirds of the observed growth. The estimates are robust to possible endogeneity of program placement, controls for farm and year effects, other programs of agricultural development, local weather, and price shocks. The effects of the kits delivery program overshadowed the effects of other rural development programs, including the tenancy registration program Operation Barga. (JEL O13, Q12, Q16, Q18)
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JEL Classification:
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O13 Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
Q12 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
Q16 Agricultural R&D; Agricultural Technology; Biofuels; Agricultural Extension Services
Q18 Agricultural Policy; Food Policy
O13 Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
Q12 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
Q16 Agricultural R&D; Agricultural Technology; Biofuels; Agricultural Extension Services
Q18 Agricultural Policy; Food Policy
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