Gold Mining and Proto-Urbanization

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dc.creatorFafchamps, Marcel
dc.creatorKoelle, Michael
dc.creatorShilpi, Forhad
dc.date2015-07-17T21:15:11Z
dc.date2015-07-17T21:15:11Z
dc.date2015-06
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dc.descriptionCentral place theory predicts that agglomeration can arise from external shocks. This paper investigates whether gold mining is a catalyst for proto-urbanization in rural Ghana. Using cross-sectional data, the analysis finds that locations within 10 kilometers from gold mines have more night light and proportionally higher employment in industry and services and in the wage sector. Non-farm employment decreases at 20–30 kilometers distance to gold mines. These findings are consistent with agglomeration effects that induce non-farm activities to coalesce in one particular location. This paper finds that, over time, an increase in gold production is associated with more wage employment and apprenticeship, and fewer people employed in private informal enterprises. It also finds that the changes arising from increasing gold production are not reversed when large gold mines shrink. However this pattern cannot be ascribed unambiguously to agglomeration effects, given an increase in informal mining after formal mines decrease output is also observed.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24736278/gold-mining-proto-urbanization-recent-evidence-ghana
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/22227
dc.identifier10.1596/1813-9450-7347
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/411967
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7347
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectCLOSED MINES
dc.subjectGOLD PRICES
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectSOCIAL NORMS
dc.subjectPOPULATION CENSUSES
dc.subjectLARGE-SCALE MINES
dc.subjectEXTRACTIVE RESOURCES
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectNEGATIVE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
dc.subjectWORKING-AGE POPULATION
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectUNDERGROUND MINES
dc.subjectINFORMAL MINERS
dc.subjectSERVICE SECTOR
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectRESOURCE EXTRACTION
dc.subjectGOLD MINING
dc.subjectURBAN SETTLEMENTS
dc.subjectMERCURY
dc.subjectMINING SECTOR
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectTREND
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectFEMALE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectSCALE MINING
dc.subjectHIGHWAY SYSTEM
dc.subjectPUBLICATIONS
dc.subjectROUTES
dc.subjectADULT POPULATION
dc.subjectWEALTH
dc.subjectCLOSURE
dc.subjectPOPULATION SIZE
dc.subjectURBAN CENTER
dc.subjectUNDERGROUND
dc.subjectHEALTH FACILITIES
dc.subjectCATALYST
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectKNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectMINERALS INDUSTRY
dc.subjectROAD
dc.subjectRATE OF POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectROAD NETWORK
dc.subjectMINERAL DEPOSITS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectINTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
dc.subjectTRANSPORT ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectSMALL-SCALE MINING ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectGOLD
dc.subjectGOLD MINES
dc.subjectABANDONED MINES
dc.subjectNON-FARM EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectINDUSTRIALIZATION
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectSAND
dc.subjectMINING COMPANIES
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT COMPOSITION
dc.subjectMINING ACTIVITY
dc.subjectTRUE
dc.subjectPOLLUTION
dc.subjectSCALE MINING ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectCONCENTRATION OF POPULATION
dc.subjectLABOR
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectACTIVE MINES
dc.subjectTAILINGS
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectCITY POPULATION
dc.subjectMINING LOCATIONS
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectGOLD MINE
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION
dc.subjectGEOLOGY
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectCROSS-SECTIONAL DATA
dc.subjectCHANGES IN POPULATION SIZE
dc.subjectLARGE CITIES
dc.subjectURBAN CENTERS
dc.subjectACCESSIBILITY
dc.subjectMINES
dc.subjectPOPULATION DENSITY
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectRAILWAY
dc.subjectHIGHWAYS
dc.subjectMINERAL INDUSTRY
dc.subjectPOLICY
dc.subjectWAGE SECTOR
dc.subjectMINING COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectSKILLED LABOR
dc.subjectROADS
dc.subjectGEOLOGICAL SURVEY
dc.subjectMINING ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectHIGHWAY
dc.subjectCLOSURES
dc.subjectRAILWAYS
dc.subjectECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subjectRESOLUTION
dc.subjectSMALL MINES
dc.subjectSPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectCENSUSES
dc.subjectACCIDENTS
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRAILROADS
dc.subjectURBAN CENTRES
dc.subjectFEWER PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOPULATION
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectMARITAL STATUS
dc.subjectRURAL COUNTIES
dc.subjectMINING AREAS
dc.subjectMARRIED WOMEN
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectSMALL-SCALE MINING
dc.subjectSMALL-SCALE
dc.subjectGOLD DEPOSITS
dc.subjectLOCAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINFORMAL MINING
dc.subjectWOMEN
dc.subjectNOISE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectHEALTH CONSEQUENCES
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectGOLD PRODUCTION
dc.subjectWAGE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectMINERAL MINING
dc.subjectAGGLOMERATION EFFECTS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectMINERALS
dc.titleGold Mining and Proto-Urbanization
dc.titleRecent Evidence from Ghana
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeDocument de travail
dc.typeDocumento de trabajo

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