Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/177644 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 17-076/V
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
In this paper we estimate the impact of road development on household welfare in rural Papua New Guinea over the period between 1996 and 2010, using two cross-sectional household surveys and corresponding road maps. To deal with endogenous placement of road infrastructure programs we employ a correlated random effects model that corrects for location-specific changes in road quality. We also use a newly developed quantile regression method to investigate whether road works are pro-poor. Estimates show that investments in sealing roads to nearest towns led to higher consumption levels and housing quality, and to less reliance on subsistence farming. Effects are stronger among poor, less educated, and female-led households.
Subjects: 
roads
infrastructure
impact evaluation
household welfare
developing country
Papua New Guinea
JEL: 
H54
O18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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