The impact of micro-irrigation on households’ welfare in the northern part of Ethiopia: an endogenous switching regression approach

The paper uses an endogenous switching regression model to measure the impact of participation in micro-irrigation development on households' welfare. The model takes into account selection bias associated with programme participation and endogeneity problems often encountered in most programme evaluations. A total of 482 households (195 irrigation users and 287 non-users) were used to generate all the necessary variables. To capture the impact of the irrigation on household welfare, variables: income by 8.8 per cent and asset formation by 186 per cent as compared to non-users. This shows how important applied and results were found consistent, both qualitatively and quantitatively.