We estimate the long-run effects of India's vast canal network, which provides irrigation
water to 200+ million people. Canals reshaped Indian economic geography, with substantial …

Water is critical for agriculture in develo** countries and climate change has created more
extreme weather events. In this study, we examine the role of villages' year-round irrigation …

Empirical studies of the economic effects of climate change (CC) largely rely on climate
anomalies for causal identification purposes. Slow and permanent changes in climate …

Several develo** countries have implemented programs to support rural families, but
there is still a lack of evidence on their effectiveness. This paper seeks to address the …

Water is unevenly distributed across regions, yet the effectiveness of long-distance water
transfer in addressing this issue remains understudied. This paper employs a difference-in …

Eco-development seeks to balance economic development with biodiversity conservation,
enhancing the effectiveness of protected area management. This paper examines the labor …

This study explores the impact of private investment in groundwater extraction for irrigation
on the spatial and sectoral distribution of rural economic activity in India. Exploiting a kink in …

This study explores how short‐term agricultural productivity fluctuations affect labor supply of
Chinese rural households under the background of frequent extreme weather events. It …

This paper studies the response of agricultural production to rural labor loss during the
process of urbanization. Using household microdata from India and exogenous variation in …

Classical theories predict that higher agricultural endowment per capita could impede
structural transformation. This paper provides the first causal evidence in support of this …