TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Rural roads and local economic development
JO  - American economic review
A1  - Asher, Sam
A1  - Novosad, Paul
SP  - 797
EP  - 823
VL  - 110
IS  - 3
N2  - Nearly one billion people worldwide live in rural areas without access to national paved road networks. We estimate the impacts of India's 40 billion USD national rural road construction program using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design and comprehensive household and firm census microdata. Four years after road construction, the main effect of new feeder roads is to facilitate the movement of workers out of agriculture. However, there are no major changes in agricultural outcomes, income, or assets. Employment in village firms expands only slightly. Even with better market connections, remote areas may continue to lack economic opportunities.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-8282
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.20180268
ID  - ref1
ER  -