Urban Transport Infrastructure and Household Welfare : Evidence from Colombia
The effects of urban transport policies on household welfare are a broadly understudied topic in developing countries. This paper analyzes the distributional effects of a newly established bus rapid transit system in Barranquilla, Colombia. The pap...
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/887031518722888596/Urban-transport-infrastructure-and-household-welfare-evidence-from-Colombia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29375 |
Summary: | The effects of urban transport policies
on household welfare are a broadly understudied topic in
developing countries. This paper analyzes the distributional
effects of a newly established bus rapid transit system in
Barranquilla, Colombia. The paper uses pooled
cross-sectional household survey data, analyzed by block,
over 2008-15 and a difference-in-differences approach. The
analysis shows that, in proximity to newly opened stations,
poor households were replaced by households in the middle
and upper socioeconomic strata. These results suggest that
the designers of the system, despite the generally positive
assessment of the system, may have overlooked the
distributional consequences. Moreover, the paper shows that
any results on outcomes that may be directly affected by the
related policy will be biased due to urban displacement. |
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