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Raahil Madhok
Raahil Madhok is an Assistant Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota. His research is at the intersection of environmental economics, development economics, and political economy. His work studies how economic activity and institutions shape the environment in developing countries. He completed a Ph.D and MA from the University of British Columbia, and a BA from McGill University
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Internal migration and spatial reorganisation of agriculture
While migrants and their urban destinations are extensively studied, less is known about how their departure transforms the rural economies they leave behind. Analysing Indian data, this article shows that migrant-sending households near cities reduce farm size and investment rather than replacing workers with capital. On the other hand, non-migrant, remote households expand production in response to falling land prices and rising crop prices
