Political competition and rural welfare: Evidence from Pakistan

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dc.creatorKosec, Katrina
dc.creatorHaider, Hamza
dc.creatorSpielman, David J.
dc.creatorZaidi, Fatima
dc.date2018-07-05
dc.date2024-06-21T09:04:40Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:04:40Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:41:55Z
dc.descriptionCan stronger political competition improve rural livelihoods in developing countries? We explore this question in rural Pakistan, showing that greater political competition in a Provincial Assembly (PA) constituency predicts significantly better access to publicly-provided infrastructure and amenities, but no changes in other public goods including perceived access to justice and security. Nonetheless, overall welfare effects appear to be positive: higher political competition predicts higher expenditures per capita, especially among land-poor households. It also predicts higher land values, greater land wealth, and lower land wealth inequality. Further, political competition increases land rental, possibly indicating improved functionality of land markets. Sensitivity analyses suggest that our estimates are unlikely to be substantially affected by omitted variable bias, and they are further similar to instrumental variables estimates. The findings are also robust to use of alternate measures of political competition. Greater provision of both public and private goods appears to explain welfare improvements.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/145559
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/112080
dc.languageen
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhz010
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0043887120000027
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceKosec, Katrina; Haider, Hamza; Spielman, David J.; and Zaidi, Fatima. 2018. Political competition and rural welfare: evidence from Pakistan. Oxford Economic Papers 70(4): 1036–1061. https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpy013
dc.subjectpublic goods
dc.subjectland tenure
dc.subjectcapacity development
dc.subjectland ownership
dc.subjectpolitical institutions
dc.subjectrural development
dc.subjectrural welfare
dc.subjectpublic expenditure
dc.titlePolitical competition and rural welfare: Evidence from Pakistan
dc.typeJournal Article

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