Seminars

Mathilde Degois (PSAE)

Thursday, March14th 2024

Mathilde Degois will present  “Does Agricultural Productivity leads to Human Capital Accumulation or Re-Location? Evidence from Long-Term Irrigation in India”.

Abstract:

We estimate and compare the effects of long term canals irrigation access on education in India. To do so, we perform a spatial RDD at the border of irrigated areas. We find that irrigation access increases women's education for landowners households in rural areas. This occurs due to assortative matching in the marriage market drives the results, with the selective migration of better-educated women to irrigated areas. Overall, these results highlights that agricultural productivity and technological innovation can lead to a geographical re-location of human capital with long-term consequences.

Modification date : 11 March 2024 | Publication date : 11 March 2024 | Redactor : Régis Grateau