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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spelling	okr-10986-211332021-04-23T14:04:01Z Roads, Labor Markets, and Human Capital : Evidence from Rural Indonesia Yamauchi, Futoshi 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 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 of household endowments and labor market behavior show that an increase in transportation speed raised wages in nonagricultural and agricultural employment, and was associated with a decline in working time in agricultural employment, for households whose members are relatively educated. The findings support potential complementarity between road quality and education. 2015-01-07T21:10:11Z 2015-01-07T21:10:11Z 2014-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/23032932/roads-labor-markets-human-capital-evidence-rural-indonesia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21133 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7139 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Indonesia
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Yamauchi, Futoshi Roads, Labor Markets, and Human Capital : Evidence from Rural Indonesia
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relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7139
description	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 of household endowments and labor market behavior show that an increase in transportation speed raised wages in nonagricultural and agricultural employment, and was associated with a decline in working time in agricultural employment, for households whose members are relatively educated. The findings support potential complementarity between road quality and education.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Yamauchi, Futoshi
author_facet	Yamauchi, Futoshi
author_sort	Yamauchi, Futoshi
title	Roads, Labor Markets, and Human Capital : Evidence from Rural Indonesia
title_short	Roads, Labor Markets, and Human Capital : Evidence from Rural Indonesia
title_full	Roads, Labor Markets, and Human Capital : Evidence from Rural Indonesia
title_fullStr	Roads, Labor Markets, and Human Capital : Evidence from Rural Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed	Roads, Labor Markets, and Human Capital : Evidence from Rural Indonesia
title_sort	roads, labor markets, and human capital : evidence from rural indonesia
publisher	World Bank Group, Washington, DC
publishDate	2015
url	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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Roads, Labor Markets, and Human Capital : Evidence from Rural Indonesia

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