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Replication data and code for: Rural Roads and Local Economic Development
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Sam Asher, World Bank and Johns Hopkins SAIS; Paul Novosad, Dartmouth College
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Project Citation:
Asher, Sam, and Novosad, Paul. Replication data and code for: Rural Roads and Local Economic Development. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2020. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-02-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/E109703V1
Project Description
Summary:
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These files contain the data and code for the journal article "Rural Roads and Local Economic Development," American Economic Review. Please start with the readme, which contains a detailed description of all files in this repository and instructions for the replication of results in the article.
Abstract
Nearly one billion people worldwide live in rural areas without access to national paved road networks. We estimate the impacts of India’s $40 billion national rural road construction program using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design and comprehensive household and firm census microdata. Four years after road construction, the main effect of new feeder roads is to facilitate the movement of workers out of agriculture. However, there are no major changes in agricultural outcomes, income or assets. Employment in village firms expands only slightly. Even with better market connections, remote areas may continue to lack economic opportunities.
Abstract
Nearly one billion people worldwide live in rural areas without access to national paved road networks. We estimate the impacts of India’s $40 billion national rural road construction program using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design and comprehensive household and firm census microdata. Four years after road construction, the main effect of new feeder roads is to facilitate the movement of workers out of agriculture. However, there are no major changes in agricultural outcomes, income or assets. Employment in village firms expands only slightly. Even with better market connections, remote areas may continue to lack economic opportunities.
Funding Sources:
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Harvard University. Center for International Development;
Harvard University. Department of Economics. Warburg Fund;
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (1156205);
IZA GLM-LIC (GA-C3-RA1-354);
International Growth Center (1-VCU-VINC-VXXXX-35310)
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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Rural roads
JEL Classification:
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O12 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
O18 Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
J43 Agricultural Labor Markets
O12 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
O18 Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
J43 Agricultural Labor Markets
Geographic Coverage:
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India
Time Period(s):
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2000 – 2013
Universe:
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Villages in India without paved roads in 2000.
Data Type(s):
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other;
administrative records data;
census/enumeration data;
program source code;
aggregate data
Methodology
Sampling:
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The main analysis sample is comprised of villages that did not have a paved approach road at the start of the road construction program and whose baseline populations were close to the cutoffs used for prioritization.
Data Source:
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Indian Population Census
Indian Economic Census
Indian Socioeconomic and Caste Census (SECC)
Indian PMGSY OMMS administrative data
NASA Earth Observing System-Terra MODIS
Indian Planning Commission District Domestic Product
Indian Human Development Survey-II
Please see the readme and associated article for a full list and description of data sources.
Indian Economic Census
Indian Socioeconomic and Caste Census (SECC)
Indian PMGSY OMMS administrative data
NASA Earth Observing System-Terra MODIS
Indian Planning Commission District Domestic Product
Indian Human Development Survey-II
Please see the readme and associated article for a full list and description of data sources.
Scales:
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Indian National Classification of Occupations (2004)
Geographic Unit:
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Village
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