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Regional economic growth from irrigation development: Evidence from northern high‐plains Ogallala groundwater resource
Author(s) -
Mann Roger,
Sparling Edward,
Young Robert A.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr023i009p01711
Subject(s) - irrigation , census , irrigated agriculture , context (archaeology) , agriculture , resource (disambiguation) , water resource management , groundwater , geography , agricultural economics , economics , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , geology , population , computer science , ecology , computer network , demography , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , sociology , biology
The impact of irrigated agriculture on regional economies is a subject of continuing interest and debate. A cross‐sectional analysis of 1978–1980 U.S. Census data for 104 counties in the northern High Plains is formulated. A recursive system of equations is estimated and used to derive multipliers of irrigated acreage on employment. Effects of irrigation on local employment are statistically very significant but not substantively large in the context of a developed economy.