Rural Roads and Local Economic Development
Nearly one billion people worldwide live in rural areas without access to the paved road network. This paper measures the impacts of India's $40 billion national rural road construction program using regression discontinuity and data covering...
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okr-10986-298952022-09-20T00:14:10Z Rural Roads and Local Economic Development Asher, Sam Novosad, Paul TRANSPORT LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RURAL ROADS NONFARM EMPLOYMENT FEEDER ROADS LABOR MARKET Nearly one billion people worldwide live in rural areas without access to the paved road network. This paper measures the impacts of India's $40 billion national rural road construction program using regression discontinuity and data covering every individual and firm in rural India. The main effect of new feeder roads is to allow workers to obtain nonfarm work. However, there are no major changes in consumption, assets or agricultural outcomes. Nonfarm employment in the village expands only slightly, suggesting the new work is found outside of the village. Even with better market connections, remote areas may continue to lack economic opportunities. 2018-06-18T21:50:52Z 2018-06-18T21:50:52Z 2018-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/204301528246225577/Rural-roads-and-local-economic-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29895 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8466 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia India |
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Nearly one billion people worldwide live
in rural areas without access to the paved road network.
This paper measures the impacts of India's $40 billion
national rural road construction program using regression
discontinuity and data covering every individual and firm in
rural India. The main effect of new feeder roads is to allow
workers to obtain nonfarm work. However, there are no major
changes in consumption, assets or agricultural outcomes.
Nonfarm employment in the village expands only slightly,
suggesting the new work is found outside of the village.
Even with better market connections, remote areas may
continue to lack economic opportunities. |
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Asher, Sam Novosad, Paul |
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Asher, Sam Novosad, Paul |
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Asher, Sam |
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Rural Roads and Local Economic Development |
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Rural Roads and Local Economic Development |
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Rural Roads and Local Economic Development |
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Rural Roads and Local Economic Development |
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Rural Roads and Local Economic Development |
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rural roads and local economic development |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2018 |
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