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Fichier |
Type de dépôt |
Pré-publication, Document de travail |
Titre |
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Take the Highway? Paved Roads and Well-Being in Africa
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Résumé |
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Public Goods aim to improve individual welfare. We investigate the causal consequences of roads on well-being in 24 African countries, instrumenting paved roads by 19th Century hypothetical lines between major ports and cities. We have data on over 32000 individuals, and consider both their objective and subjective well-being, via access to four basic needs and the subjective evaluation of living conditions respectively. Our instrumental-variable analysis suggests that roads reduce material deprivation, by improving access to basic needs, but that there is no causal relation between the distance to a road and subjective living conditions. The benefit of roads in providing basic needs then seems to be offset by worse outcomes in other domains.
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Auteur(s)
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Elodie Djemaï
1
, Andrew E Clark
2, 3, 4
, Conchita d'Ambrosio
4
1
LEDa -
Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine
( 559342 )
- Place du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny - 75775 PARIS Cedex 16
- France
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Institut de Recherche pour le Développement UMR260 ( 67872 )
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Université Paris Dauphine-PSL ( 300302 )
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Université Paris Sciences et Lettres ( 564132 )
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR8007 ( 441569 )
2
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne ( 7550 )
;
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École normale supérieure - Paris ( 59704 )
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Université Paris Sciences et Lettres ( 564132 )
;
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École des hautes études en sciences sociales ( 99539 )
;
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École des Ponts ParisTech ( 301545 )
;
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( 441569 )
;
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Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement ( 577435 )
3
PJSE -
Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 578027 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne UMR8545 ( 7550 )
;
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École normale supérieure - Paris ( 59704 )
;
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Université Paris Sciences et Lettres ( 564132 )
;
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École des hautes études en sciences sociales ( 99539 )
;
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École des Ponts ParisTech ( 301545 )
;
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( 441569 )
;
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Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement UMR1393 ( 577435 )
4
University of Luxembourg [Luxembourg]
( 366875 )
- Campus Kirchberg
6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi
L-1359 Luxembourg
Campus de Limpertsberg
162a, avenue de la Faïencerie
L-1511 Luxembourg
Campus de Belval
2, avenue de l'Université
L-4365 Esch-sur-Alzette
- Luxembourg
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Date de production/écriture |
2023-12
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Public visé |
Scientifique
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Page/Identifiant |
76 p.
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Mots-clés (JEL) |
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D - Microeconomics/D.D6 - Welfare Economics/D.D6.D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
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I - Health, Education, and Welfare/I.I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty/I.I3.I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
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O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O1 - Economic Development/O.O1.O18 - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis • Housing • Infrastructure
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Référence interne |
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PSE Working Papers n°2023-44
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PSE Working Papers n°2023-44
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Projet(s) ANR |
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Domaine(s) |
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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
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Mots-clés |
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Roads, Subjective Well-being, Basic Needs, Material Deprivation, Africa
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