Roads, Labor Markets, and Human Capital : Evidence from Rural Indonesia

Roads, Labor Markets, and Human Capital : Evidence from Rural Indonesia

This paper uses household panel data from rural Indonesia to examine the impact of road quality on labor supply and wages. First, road projects are found to increase transportation speed. Second, the empirical results from intra-village variations...

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Main Author: Yamauchi, Futoshi
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
ASPHALT
ASPHALT ROADS
AVERAGE SPEED
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
CAR
CITIES
COMMUTING
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISTRICTS
DIVISION OF LABOR
DRIVING
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EQUATIONS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
GENDER
HOUSEHOLDS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
INFRASTRUCTURES
INTERNATIONAL ROUGHNESS INDEX
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR SUPPLY
MARKET WAGES
MOBILITY
MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRICE CHANGES
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
ROAD
ROAD CONDITIONS
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
ROAD IMPROVEMENT
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
ROAD NETWORKS
ROAD PROJECTS
ROAD QUALITY
ROADS
ROUGHNESS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL LABOR
RURAL ROAD CONSTRUCTION
RURAL ROADS
SKILLED LABOR
SPAN
SPEED
SPEEDS
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS
TRAVEL TIME
URBAN AREAS
VILLAGE LEVEL
VILLAGE ROADS
VILLAGES
WAGES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/23032932/roads-labor-markets-human-capital-evidence-rural-indonesia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21133

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/23032932/roads-labor-markets-human-capital-evidence-rural-indonesia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21133

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