The Welfare Effects of Slum Improvement Programs : The Case of Mumbai
The authors compare the welfare effects of in situ slum upgrading programs with programs that provide slum dwellers with better housing in a new location. Evaluating the welfare effects of slum upgrading and resettlement programs requires estimating models of residential location choice, in which ho...
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okr-10986-87562021-04-23T14:02:40Z The Welfare Effects of Slum Improvement Programs : The Case of Mumbai Takeuchi, Akie Cropper, Maureen Bento, Antonio ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY APARTMENTS BASIC SERVICES CITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COOPERATIVE HOUSING COST OF HOUSING DWELLING DWELLINGS EMPLOYMENT GENDER HABITAT HOME IMPROVEMENT HOMES HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING BENEFITS HOUSING COSTS HOUSING MARKET HOUSING MARKETS HOUSING STOCK HOUSING UNITS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INSURANCE LABOR MARKETS LAND ECONOMICS LOW COST HOUSING NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOODS OCCUPATIONS POPULATION DENSITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PROPERTY VALUES RENTS RESETTLEMENT SANITATION SELF-HELP SHELTER SLUM CLEARANCE SLUM IMPROVEMENT SLUM UPGRADING SLUMS SOCIAL CAPITAL SQUATTER SETTLEMENT SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS SQUATTERS SUBSTANDARD HOUSING SUBURBS URBAN BASIC SERVICES URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS URBAN HOUSING URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY URBAN STUDIES URBAN UPGRADING The authors compare the welfare effects of in situ slum upgrading programs with programs that provide slum dwellers with better housing in a new location. Evaluating the welfare effects of slum upgrading and resettlement programs requires estimating models of residential location choice, in which households trade off commuting costs against the cost and attributes of the housing they consume, including neighborhood attributes. The authors accomplish this using data for 5,000 households in Mumbai, a city in which 40 percent of the population live in slums. The precise welfare effects of resettlement programs depend on assumptions made about the ease with which workers can change jobs and also on the ethnic characteristics of neighborhoods in which new housing is located. To illustrate this point the authors consider a realistic slum upgrading program that could be offered to residents in their sample living in east Mumbai. They summarize the effects of job opportunities and neighborhood composition on welfare by mapping how compensating variation for the program changes depending on where in Mumbai improved housing is located. If program beneficiaries continue working in their original job, the set of welfare-enhancing locations for the upgrading program is small. The set increases greatly if it is assumed that workers can change jobs. The benefits of this program are contrasted with the benefits of in situ housing improvements. 2012-06-22T14:15:36Z 2012-06-22T14:15:36Z 2006-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6603328/welfare-effects-slum-improvement-programs-case-mumbai http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8756 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3852 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia India |
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ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY APARTMENTS BASIC SERVICES CITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COOPERATIVE HOUSING COST OF HOUSING DWELLING DWELLINGS EMPLOYMENT GENDER HABITAT HOME IMPROVEMENT HOMES HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING BENEFITS HOUSING COSTS HOUSING MARKET HOUSING MARKETS HOUSING STOCK HOUSING UNITS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INSURANCE LABOR MARKETS LAND ECONOMICS LOW COST HOUSING NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOODS OCCUPATIONS POPULATION DENSITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PROPERTY VALUES RENTS RESETTLEMENT SANITATION SELF-HELP SHELTER SLUM CLEARANCE SLUM IMPROVEMENT SLUM UPGRADING SLUMS SOCIAL CAPITAL SQUATTER SETTLEMENT SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS SQUATTERS SUBSTANDARD HOUSING SUBURBS URBAN BASIC SERVICES URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS URBAN HOUSING URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY URBAN STUDIES URBAN UPGRADING |
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ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY APARTMENTS BASIC SERVICES CITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COOPERATIVE HOUSING COST OF HOUSING DWELLING DWELLINGS EMPLOYMENT GENDER HABITAT HOME IMPROVEMENT HOMES HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING BENEFITS HOUSING COSTS HOUSING MARKET HOUSING MARKETS HOUSING STOCK HOUSING UNITS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INSURANCE LABOR MARKETS LAND ECONOMICS LOW COST HOUSING NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOODS OCCUPATIONS POPULATION DENSITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PROPERTY VALUES RENTS RESETTLEMENT SANITATION SELF-HELP SHELTER SLUM CLEARANCE SLUM IMPROVEMENT SLUM UPGRADING SLUMS SOCIAL CAPITAL SQUATTER SETTLEMENT SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS SQUATTERS SUBSTANDARD HOUSING SUBURBS URBAN BASIC SERVICES URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS URBAN HOUSING URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY URBAN STUDIES URBAN UPGRADING Takeuchi, Akie Cropper, Maureen Bento, Antonio The Welfare Effects of Slum Improvement Programs : The Case of Mumbai |
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The authors compare the welfare effects of in situ slum upgrading programs with programs that provide slum dwellers with better housing in a new location. Evaluating the welfare effects of slum upgrading and resettlement programs requires estimating models of residential location choice, in which households trade off commuting costs against the cost and attributes of the housing they consume, including neighborhood attributes. The authors accomplish this using data for 5,000 households in Mumbai, a city in which 40 percent of the population live in slums. The precise welfare effects of resettlement programs depend on assumptions made about the ease with which workers can change jobs and also on the ethnic characteristics of neighborhoods in which new housing is located. To illustrate this point the authors consider a realistic slum upgrading program that could be offered to residents in their sample living in east Mumbai. They summarize the effects of job opportunities and neighborhood composition on welfare by mapping how compensating variation for the program changes depending on where in Mumbai improved housing is located. If program beneficiaries continue working in their original job, the set of welfare-enhancing locations for the upgrading program is small. The set increases greatly if it is assumed that workers can change jobs. The benefits of this program are contrasted with the benefits of in situ housing improvements. |
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Takeuchi, Akie Cropper, Maureen Bento, Antonio |
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Takeuchi, Akie Cropper, Maureen Bento, Antonio |
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Takeuchi, Akie |
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The Welfare Effects of Slum Improvement Programs : The Case of Mumbai |
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The Welfare Effects of Slum Improvement Programs : The Case of Mumbai |
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The Welfare Effects of Slum Improvement Programs : The Case of Mumbai |
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The Welfare Effects of Slum Improvement Programs : The Case of Mumbai |
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The Welfare Effects of Slum Improvement Programs : The Case of Mumbai |
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welfare effects of slum improvement programs : the case of mumbai |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6603328/welfare-effects-slum-improvement-programs-case-mumbai http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8756 |
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