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of a composite index of networking among key components of societal infrastructure and how it affects the process of … urbanization. This study has a number of objectives. First we identify key determinants of public infrastructure components in … index is used to rank provinces in China by development of level of the networking among public infrastructure components …
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What are the long run consequences of planning and providing basic infrastructure in neighborhoods, where people build …, half of which provided infrastructure in previously unpopulated areas (de novo neighborhoods), while the other half …
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causal impacts of transportation infrastructure has grown in recent years, only a few papers have focused on the effects of … associated with the new metro infrastructure and dynamic impacts after the opening of the first metro station, with effects that …
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The paper argues that access to public infrastructure plays a crucial role on the presence of private schools in a … ; local public infrastructure ; failing state schools ; simultaneity bias ; instrumental variable …
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This paper examines bureaucratic delay within the allocation of small infrastructure projects by sub … about the processing of small infrastructure projects requests by sub-municipal governments. The objective of this …, and monitoring small infrastructure project allocations. Second, is to explicitly alter the probability of detecting …
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We design an infrastructure experiment in Mexico to evaluate the impact of street pavement on housing values and … have important implications for urban infrastructure financing. -- randomized controlled trial ; street pavement ; home …
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This paper examines the effects of renovating deteriorated public spaces on local socioeconomic outcomes. We analyze the impacts of a randomized experiment implemented in 28 fragile neighborhoods of Santiago, Chile. Our findings indicate that the renovation of local squares led to increased use...
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We analyse various pathways through which access to electricity affects fertility, using a pseudo-panel of Indonesian districts covering the period 1993-2010. Identification of causal effects relies on a district-fixed effects approach and controlling for local economic development. The...
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Empirical studies of the economic effects of climate change (CC) largely rely on climate anomalies for causal identification purposes. Slow and permanent changes in climate-driven geographical conditions, i.e. CC as defined by the IPCC (2013), have been studied relatively less, especially in...
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We analyse the impact of internal migration in China on natives' labour market outcomes. We find evidence of a large positive correlation of the city share of migrants with natives' wages. Using different sets of control variables and instruments suggests that the effect is causal. The large...
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