The social profitability of rural roads in a small open economy: do urban agglomeration economies matter?
In the presence of agglomeration economies, the effects of a rural roads programme depend not only on the reduction in transportation costs, but also on the form of labour mobility. When financed by a poll tax on rural households, the wage will rise, accompanied by some return migration, provided bo...
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| Format: | Book/Monograph Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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Helsinki, Finland
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research
October 2020
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| Series: | WIDER working paper
2020, 137 |
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Working paper (2020, 137)
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| DOI: | 10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2020/894-8 |
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| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei: https://www.wider.unu.edu/sites/default/files/Publications/Working-paper/PDF/wp2020-137.pdf Resolving-System, kostenfrei: https://doi.org/10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2020/894-8 Resolving-System, kostenfrei: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/229361 
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| Author Notes: | Clive Bell |
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