Roads, Labor Markets, and Human Capital : Evidence from Rural Indonesia
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World Bank Group, Washington, DC
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This paper uses household panel data
from rural Indonesia to examine the impact of road quality
on labor supply and wages. First, road projects are found to
increase transportation speed. Second, the empirical results
from intra-village variations of household endowments and
labor market behavior show that an increase in
transportation speed raised wages in nonagricultural and
agricultural employment, and was associated with a decline
in working time in agricultural employment, for households
whose members are relatively educated. The findings support
potential complementarity between road quality and education.
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ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY, ASPHALT, ASPHALT ROADS, AVERAGE SPEED, CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, CAR, CITIES, COMMUTING, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DISTRICTS, DIVISION OF LABOR, DRIVING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EQUATIONS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, GENDER, HOUSEHOLDS, HUMAN CAPITAL, INCOME, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INFRASTRUCTURES, INTERNATIONAL ROUGHNESS INDEX, LABOR DEMAND, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKETS, LABOR SUPPLY, MARKET WAGES, MOBILITY, MODE OF TRANSPORTATION, POLITICAL ECONOMY, PRICE CHANGES, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, ROAD, ROAD CONDITIONS, ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ROAD IMPROVEMENT, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD NETWORKS, ROAD PROJECTS, ROAD QUALITY, ROADS, ROUGHNESS, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL LABOR, RURAL ROAD CONSTRUCTION, RURAL ROADS, SKILLED LABOR, SPAN, SPEED, SPEEDS, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS, TRAVEL TIME, URBAN AREAS, VILLAGE LEVEL, VILLAGE ROADS, VILLAGES, WAGES