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The impact of the south-to-north water diversion project on the usage of water-saving irrigation machinery

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  • Hanfang Xu

    (Department of Economics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China)

  • Zhen Yao

    (Department of Finance, Wenzhou-Kean University, Wenzhou, China)

Abstract

Agricultural water-saving irrigation represents an important component of environmental protection with the potential to improve economic development and environmental protection of water-receiving areas, but little is known about the relationship between South-to-North Water Diversion Project and the usage of water-saving irrigation machinery. This paper exploits the 2013–2014 China South-to-North Water Diversion Project reforms which significantly alleviated the water shortage problem in north China. By linking administrative claims data to water-saving irrigation machinery numbers for water-receiving provinces and the control provinces, this paper finds that water-receiving provinces experienced a 19.6 percent post-reform decline in water-saving irrigation machinery usage, and a 7.3 percent drop in water-saving irrigation area relative to other provinces.

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  • Hanfang Xu & Zhen Yao, "undated". "The impact of the south-to-north water diversion project on the usage of water-saving irrigation machinery," Review of Socio - Economic Perspectives 202216, Reviewsep.
    • Handle: RePEc:aly:journl:202216
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.19275/RSEP137
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    Keywords

    South-to-North Diversion Project; water resources; water-saving irrigation machinery;
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    JEL classification:

    • C12 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Hypothesis Testing: General
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment

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