Data and Code for: Factor Market Failures and the Adoption of Irrigation in Rwanda

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Maria Jones, Development Impact Evaluation, World Bank; Florence Kondylis, Development Impact Evaluation, World Bank; John Loeser, Development Impact Evaluation, World Bank; Jeremy Magruder, UC Berkeley, NBER

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Project Citation:

Jones, Maria, Kondylis, Florence, Loeser, John, and Magruder, Jeremy. Data and Code for: Factor Market Failures and the Adoption of Irrigation in Rwanda. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2022. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-06-21. https://doi.org/10.3886/E159061V1

Project Description

Summary: Factor market failures can limit adoption of profitable technologies. We leverage a plot-level spatial regression discontinuity design in the context of irrigation use by farmers provided free access to water. Using irrigation boosts profits by 43-62%. Yet, farmers only irrigate 30% of plots because of labor costs. We demonstrate inefficient irrigation use, by showing farmers irrigating one plot reduce their irrigation use on other plots. This inefficiency is largest for smaller households and wealthier households, suggesting labor market frictions constrain use of irrigation.

Funding Sources: European Union; Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP); World Bank Rwanda Country Management Unit; World Bank i2i fund; 3ie; IGC

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
O13 Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products

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