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Urban transport infrastructure and household welfare : evidence from Colombia

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  • Pfutze,Tobias
  • Rodriguez Castelan,Carlos
  • Valderrama Gonzalez,Daniel

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The effects of urban transport policies on household welfare are a broadly understudied topic in developing countries. This paper analyzes the distributional effects of a newly established bus rapid transit system in Barranquilla, Colombia. The paper uses pooled cross-sectional household survey data, analyzed by block, over 2008-15 and a difference-in-differences approach. The analysis shows that, in proximity to newly opened stations, poor households were replaced by households in the middle and upper socioeconomic strata. These results suggest that the designers of the system, despite the generally positive assessment of the system, may have overlooked the distributional consequences. Moreover, the paper shows that any results on outcomes that may be directly affected by the related policy will be biased due to urban displacement.

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  • Pfutze,Tobias & Rodriguez Castelan,Carlos & Valderrama Gonzalez,Daniel, 2018. "Urban transport infrastructure and household welfare : evidence from Colombia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8341, The World Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:8341
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    1. Angel Espinoza E., 2024. "Public Transportation and Consumer Prices: Chain Stores, Street Vendors and Mom and Pop Stores," Working Papers 2024-02, Banco de México.
    2. Alves, Guillermo & Berniell, Lucila & Castillo. V. & de la Mata, Dolores & Fernandez, D. & Juncosa, C. & Rotondo, S., 2018. "Distribución espacial del empleo formal en la ciudad autónoma de buenos aires: un diagnóstico a partir de registros administrativos," Research Department working papers 1406, CAF Development Bank Of Latinamerica.

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    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • R40 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - General

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