Roads, Labor Markets, and Human Capital : Evidence from Rural Indonesia

Yamauchi, Futoshi

World Bank Group, Washington, DC

关键词: ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY;    ASPHALT;    ASPHALT ROADS;    AVERAGE SPEED;    CAPITAL INVESTMENTS;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-7139
RP-ID  :  WPS7139

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This paper uses household panel datafrom rural Indonesia to examine the impact of road qualityon labor supply and wages. First, road projects are found toincrease transportation speed. Second, the empirical resultsfrom intra-village variations of household endowments andlabor market behavior show that an increase intransportation speed raised wages in nonagricultural andagricultural employment, and was associated with a declinein working time in agricultural employment, for householdswhose members are relatively educated. The findings supportpotential complementarity between road quality and education.