A Second Look at the Pesticides Initiative Program: Evidence from Senegal

Olivier Cadot and Melise Jaud ()

No P43, Working Papers from FERDI

Abstract: This paper investigates whether the Pesticides Initiative Program has signicantly affected the export performance of Senegal’s horticulture industry. We apply two main microeconometric techniques, difference-in-differences 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 signicant 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.

JEL-codes: C23 F13 L15 L25 O13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-03
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Journal Article: A second look at the pesticides initiative program: evidence from Senegal (2012)
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Working Paper: A Second Look at the Pesticides Initiative Program: Evidence from Senegal (2011)
Working Paper: A second look at the pesticides initiative program: evidence from Senegal (2011)
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