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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Main Authors:	Melecky, Martin, Sharma, Siddharth, Subhash, Hari
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT WIDER ECONOMIC BENEFITS INCOME CONSUMPTION POVERTY JOBS GENDER AIR POLLUTION EQUALITY GOLDEN QUADRILATERAL HIGHWAYS TRANSPORT
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

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spelling	okr-10986-294092022-09-20T00:14:34Z Wider Economic Benefits of Investments in Transport Corridors and the Role of Complementary Policies Melecky, Martin Sharma, Siddharth Subhash, Hari INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT WIDER ECONOMIC BENEFITS INCOME CONSUMPTION POVERTY JOBS GENDER AIR POLLUTION EQUALITY GOLDEN QUADRILATERAL HIGHWAYS TRANSPORT 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. 2018-02-28T22:56:37Z 2018-02-28T22:56:37Z 2018-02 Working Paper 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 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8350 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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topic	INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT WIDER ECONOMIC BENEFITS INCOME CONSUMPTION POVERTY JOBS GENDER AIR POLLUTION EQUALITY GOLDEN QUADRILATERAL HIGHWAYS TRANSPORT
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description	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.
format	Working Paper
author	Melecky, Martin Sharma, Siddharth Subhash, Hari
author_facet	Melecky, Martin Sharma, Siddharth Subhash, Hari
author_sort	Melecky, Martin
title	Wider Economic Benefits of Investments in Transport Corridors and the Role of Complementary Policies
title_short	Wider Economic Benefits of Investments in Transport Corridors and the Role of Complementary Policies
title_full	Wider Economic Benefits of Investments in Transport Corridors and the Role of Complementary Policies
title_fullStr	Wider Economic Benefits of Investments in Transport Corridors and the Role of Complementary Policies
title_full_unstemmed	Wider Economic Benefits of Investments in Transport Corridors and the Role of Complementary Policies
title_sort	wider economic benefits of investments in transport corridors and the role of complementary policies
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	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
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