Working Paper: CEPR ID: DP8429
Authors: Olivier Cadot; M lise Jaud
Abstract: This paper investigates whether the Pesticides Initiative Program has significantly affected the export performance of Senegal's horticulture industry. We apply two main microeconometric techniques, difference-in-difference and matching difference-in-differences to identify the effect of the Pesticides Initiative Program on exports of fresh fruits and vegetables. We use a unique firm-level dataset containing data on sales, employment, and exports by product and destination markets, as well as firm enrolment year, over 2000-2008. The results suggest that while the program had no significant effect on exports pooled over all products and destinations, it had a positive effect when considering fresh fruits and vegetables exports to the European Union.
Keywords: Agriculture; EU; Export Promotion; Impact Evaluation; Senegal; Technical Assistance
JEL Codes: C23; F13; F14; L15; L25; O17; O24
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| Selection into the program (C52) | Export performance of treated firms (L25) |
| Average treatment effect on the treated (ATT) (C22) | Program's potential effect on the entire population of producers (E23) |
| Pesticides initiative program (PIP) (Q16) | Exports of fresh fruits and vegetables (Q17) |
| Pesticides initiative program (PIP) (Q16) | Exports of fresh fruits and vegetables to the European Union (EU) (Q17) |