Crop insurance and rice productivity: Evidence from eastern India
- Economic and Political Weekly
- 58(25-26), Jun 24, 2023: p.5-12
The factors affecting the demand for crop insurance are analysed and its impact on the yields of smallholder rice producers in eastern India is assessed. Using data from a large farm-level survey from eastern India, a positive and significant impact of crop insurance on rice yields is observed. The robustness of the findings are tested after controlling for other covariates and endogeneity, using propensity-score matching and endogenous switching regression models.- Reproduced