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Connectivity and rural development : examining India's rural road construction scheme

Kumar, Santosh; Shandal, Monica; Zucker, Ariel D. - 2025

We examine the impact of rural road connectivity on economic and social outcomes in the context of India’s PMGSY, the … world’s largest rural road program. Using a novel village-level survey explicitly designed around PMGSY’s rollout, we … highlight the role of infrastructure in shaping rural economies and social institutions. …

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Infrastructure's imprint : metro proximity and property development dynamics in São Paulo, Brazil

Grimaldi, Daniel; Mitnik, Oscar A.; Zimmermann, Beatrice - 2024

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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Spurring economic growth through human development : research results and guidance for policymakers

Bloom, David E.; Khoury, Alexander; Kufenko, Vadim; … - 2020

contrast, infrastructure proxies are not significantly associated with subsequent growth in any of the models estimated. …

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Inequality and growth in rural China : does higher inequality impede growth?

Benjamin, Dwayne (contributor); Brandt, Loren (contributor); … - 2006

We explore the relationship between the level of village inequality in 1986, and the subsequent growth of household incomes from 1986 to 1999. Using a detailed household-level data set from rural China, we find robust evidence that initial inequality is negatively related to subsequent household...

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Entrepreneurial recovery from COVID-19: decentralization, democratization, demand, distribution, and demography

Naudé, Wim - 2020

around the world in the fight against COVID-19. This paper, after documenting preliminary evidence on these declines, argues …

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The economic impact of non-communicable disease in China and India : estimates, projections, and comparisons

Bloom, David E.; Cafiero, Elizabeth T.; McGovern, Mark E.; … - 2013

This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China and India for the … five main NCDs will total USD 27.8 trillion for China and USD 6.2 trillion for India (in 2010 USD). For both countries, the … that the costs are much larger in China than in India mainly because of China's higher income and older population. Rough …

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Institutions and economic performance : what can be explained?

Commander, Simon; Nikoloski, Zlatko - 2010

Institutions are now widely believed to be important in explaining performance. In this paper, we analyze whether commonly used measures of institutions have any significant, measurable impact on performance, whether of countries or firms. We look at three 'levels' of institutions and associated...

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Does development reduce migration?

Clemens, Michael A. - 2014

The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those countries, an idea that captivates policymakers in international aid and trade diplomacy. A lengthy literature and recent data suggest something quite different: that over the...

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Robots at work

Graetz, Georg; Michaels, Guy - 2015

Despite ubiquitous discussions of robots' potential impact, there is almost no systematic empirical evidence on their economic effects. In this paper we analyze for the first time the economic impact of industrial robots, using new data on a panel of industries in 17 countries from 1993-2007. We...

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The impact of aid on growth revisited : do donor motives matter?

Kilby, Christopher; Dreher, Axel - 2009

The typical identification strategy in aid effectiveness studies assumes donor motives do not influence the impact of aid on growth. We call this homogeneity assumption into question, first constructing a model in which donor motives matter and then testing the assumption empirically. -- Aid ;...

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