Sheetal Sekhri
Wells, Water, and Welfare: The Impact of Access to Groundwater on Rural Poverty and Conflict
University of Virginia
paper evaluates impact access groundwater poverty using data rural india estimation exploits fact technology required access groundwater changes exogenously due constraints imposed laws physics depth eight meters find rural poverty areas depth surface cutoff 9 to10 percent higher using survey data subsample villages also show disputes irrigation water increase 25 percent around cutoff historical endowments groundwater facilitate adoption yield enhancing technologies longrun jel d74 i32 o13 o15 o18 q15 q16