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Complementarities in Infrastructure: Evidence from Indian Agriculture

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  • Oliver Vanden Eynde

    (PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris, CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CEPR)

  • Liam Wren-Lewis

    (IC Migrations - Institut Convergences Migrations - French Collaborative Institute on Migration [Aubervilliers], PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

Abstract

Complementarities between infrastructure projects have been understudied. Using temporal variation in the independent rollout of large-scale road construction and electrification programs in rural India, this study estimates their individual and joint impacts on a range of outcomes. Notably, there is strong evidence that villages increase dry-season cropping when they receive both electricity and roads, but not when they receive one without the other. This increase in dry-season cropping is associated with a move towards market crops and improved economic conditions—i.e., higher assets and consumption. These findings have implications for the optimal implementation of infrastructure programs.

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  • Oliver Vanden Eynde & Liam Wren-Lewis, 2025. "Complementarities in Infrastructure: Evidence from Indian Agriculture," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) hal-05653945, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:pseptp:hal-05653945
    DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhaf035
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