The Benefits of India's Rural Roads Program in the Spheres of Goods, Education and Health : Joint Estimation and Decomposition

The Benefits of India's Rural Roads Program in the Spheres of Goods, Education and Health : Joint Estimation and Decomposition

All-weather rural roads usually improve not only villagers' terms of trade, but also their educational attainments and health. Obtaining empirical estimates of the benefits generated by the first is straightforward, not so those generated by t...

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Main Author: Bell, Clive
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ADULTHOOD
AGE-GROUP
AGED
AGGREGATE SUPPLY
ALGORITHM
BENCHMARK
CAPITAL FORMATION
CHILD MORBIDITY
CLINICS
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
CONSUMERS
DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DIMINISHING RETURNS
DISCOUNT RATE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMPIRICAL BASIS
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
EQUIVALENT VARIATION
EXOGENOUS VARIABLES
EXPECTED RETURNS
EXPECTED UTILITY
EXPENDITURES
FAMILIES
FATALITY
FATALITY RATES
FORECASTS
FUNCTIONAL FORMS
GROWTH RATE
HEALERS
HEALTH CARE
HOSPITALS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCREASE IN MORTALITY
INJURY
INSPECTION
LIVING STANDARDS
MACROECONOMICS
MEDICAL TREATMENT
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
OLDER CHILDREN
OPPORTUNITY COST
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
OVERLAPPING GENERATIONS MODEL
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PREMATURE DEATH
PRESENT VALUE
PRIVATE GOODS
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTIVITY
PURCHASING POWER
ROAD
ROUTE
RURAL ROADS
SIBLINGS
SOCIAL NORMS
TERMS OF TRADE
TRANSFER PAYMENTS
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORTATION
TRIP
TRIP TIME
UTILITY FUNCTION
UTILITY FUNCTIONS
VALUE OF OUTPUT
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGE RATES
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
YOUNG ADULT
YOUNG ADULTS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16603488/benefits-indias-rural-roads-program-spheres-goods-education-health-joint-estimation-decomposition
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12007

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