Anil K Bhargava
Biographic Data
| ID | 972878 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anil K Bhargava |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anil K |
| FAMILY NAME | Bhargava |
| SIGNATURE | BHARGAVA A K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-3114-8868 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Do Labor Market Interventions Incentivize Technology Adoption? Unexpected Impacts of the World's Largest Rural Poverty Program
This paper investigates whether higher unskilled agricultural wages attributed to a labor market intervention incentivize farm owners to adopt labor-saving agricultural technology. Using a regression discontinuity design centered on the rollout of India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee in 2006 and detailed agricultural census data, I find 10–25 percentage point shifts away from labor-intensive technologies toward labor-saving ones due to the…
Targeting Technology to Increase Smallholder Profits and Conserve Resources
With heterogeneous demand and consumption externalities, market segmentation and targeting can improve social welfare. We use a selective trial for laser land leveling (LLL) in India to understand such targeting strategies. We elicit farmer demand for and benefits from LLL services. LLL reduces groundwater extraction by 24%, with comparable fuel savings from reduced pumping. To leverage positive externalities, we combine farmer demand, LLL pumpin…
Breaking Ground
Towards a revolution in sustainability education
The challenges of sustainability and sustainable development are multifaceted and complex. Addressing them in the long run requires a revolution in the training of future generations of learners so that they can devise solutions for sustainability dilemmas in environments characterized by uncertainty, information deficits, and asymmetric power relationships. Such a revolution is under way in many disciplines. Within the field of sustainability st…
Targeting Technology to Increase Smallholder Profits and Conserve Resources
With heterogeneous demand and consumption externalities, market segmentation and targeting can improve social welfare. We use a selective trial for laser land leveling (LLL) in India to understand such targeting strategies. We elicit farmer demand for and benefits from LLL services. LLL reduces groundwater extraction by 24%, with comparable fuel savings from reduced pumping. To leverage positive externalities, we combine farmer demand, LLL pumpin…
Breaking Ground
Towards a revolution in sustainability education
The challenges of sustainability and sustainable development are multifaceted and complex. Addressing them in the long run requires a revolution in the training of future generations of learners so that they can devise solutions for sustainability dilemmas in environments characterized by uncertainty, information deficits, and asymmetric power relationships. Such a revolution is under way in many disciplines. Within the field of sustainability st…
Towards a revolution in sustainability education
The challenges of sustainability and sustainable development are multifaceted and complex. Addressing them in the long run requires a revolution in the training of future generations of learners so that they can devise solutions for sustainability dilemmas in environments characterized by uncertainty, information deficits, and asymmetric power relationships. Such a revolution is under way in many disciplines. Within the field of sustainability st…
Breaking Ground
Targeting Technology to Increase Smallholder Profits and Conserve Resources
With heterogeneous demand and consumption externalities, market segmentation and targeting can improve social welfare. We use a selective trial for laser land leveling (LLL) in India to understand such targeting strategies. We elicit farmer demand for and benefits from LLL services. LLL reduces groundwater extraction by 24%, with comparable fuel savings from reduced pumping. To leverage positive externalities, we combine farmer demand, LLL pumpin…
Do Labor Market Interventions Incentivize Technology Adoption? Unexpected Impacts of the World's Largest Rural Poverty Program
This paper investigates whether higher unskilled agricultural wages attributed to a labor market intervention incentivize farm owners to adopt labor-saving agricultural technology. Using a regression discontinuity design centered on the rollout of India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee in 2006 and detailed agricultural census data, I find 10–25 percentage point shifts away from labor-intensive technologies toward labor-saving ones due to the…
Economics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Agricultural economics (2 works) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (2 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Natural resource economics (2 works)