area. The analysis demonstrates that the park’s benefits to regional agriculture and villagers are large enough that …

geographic references, we explored how national parks affect local wages in Costa Rica and how these effects vary within … different areas of a park and among different social groups. We found that a park’s effects on wages vary according to economic … activity and proximity to the entrance of the park. Wages close to parks are higher only for people living near tourist …

livestock and forest assets including trees. Using panel data, we applied both regression analysis and propensity score matching …. We found no indication that participation in PSNP induces households to disinvest in livestock or trees. In fact …, households that participated in the program increased the number of trees planted, but there was no increase in their livestock …

implications for a wide variety of policy issues, including protection of wildlife habitat, management of urban growth, and … to 1997 under a series of factual and counterfactual scenarios that isolate the effects of different economic and policy …