Wider Economic Benefits of Investments in Transport Corridors and the Role of Complementary Policies
This paper estimates the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral and North-South-East-West Highways in India on welfare, social inclusion, and environmental quality. The analysis uses district-level data for 1994-2011 and the difference-in-difference me...
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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/982341519219762457/Wider-economic-benefits-of-investments-in-transport-corridors-and-the-role-of-complementary-policies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29409 |
| Summary: | This paper estimates the impact of the
Golden Quadrilateral and North-South-East-West Highways in
India on welfare, social inclusion, and environmental
quality. The analysis uses district-level data for 1994-2011
and the difference-in-difference method. The results suggest
that the highways shifted employment from the farm to the
nonfarm sector, and that this shift was accompanied by an
increase in output per capita. However, there is no evidence
of an impact on household expenditure per capita, the
poverty rate, or the incidence of regular wage employment.
The results suggest that the highways caused an increase in
air pollution. The effects of the highways are
heterogeneous, depending on conditions in local factor and
product markets. |
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