(Created page with " == Abstract == 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 natio...") |
m (Scipediacontent moved page Draft Content 108732135 to Asher Novosad 2020a) |
(No difference)
| |
Latest revision as of 14:35, 14 October 2020
Abstract
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.
Document type: Book
Full document
The URL or file path given does not exist.
Original document
The different versions of the original document can be found in:
DOIS: 10.1257/aer.20180268 10.1596/1813-9450-8466
Document information
Published on 01/01/2020
Volume 2020, 2020
DOI: 10.1257/aer.20180268
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA license
Share this document
Keywords
claim authorship
Are you one of the authors of this document?