Measuring the Welfare Effects of Slum Improvement Programs: The Case of Mumbai

Measuring the Welfare Effects of Slum Improvement Programs: The Case of Mumbai

This paper evaluates the welfare effects of in situ slum upgrading and relocation programs using data for 5000 households in Mumbai, India. We estimate a model of residential location choice in which households value the ethnic composition of neighborhoods and employment accessibility in addition to...

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Main Authors: Takeuchi, Akie, Cropper, Maureen, Bento, Antonio
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses
Transportation O180
Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration
Regional Labor Markets
Population
Neighborhood Characteristics R230
Regional Development Policy R580
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4973

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