This paper checks for the robustness of the estimate of the impact of market access on the regional variability of human capital, derived from the NEG literature. The hypothesis is that the estimate of the coefficient of the measure of market access is actually capturing the effect of regional...

Building on the early advances in development economics, the theoretical construct of the New Economic Geography asserts that geography plays a crucial role in educational human capital accumulation. Based on this expectation, this study investigates the impact market access on provincial human...