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Voting with Their Feet? : Access to Infrastructure and Migration in Nepal / Shilpi, Forhad
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Shilpi, Forhad
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Amenity Value.
- Anthropology.
- Culture & Development.
- Economic Theory & Research.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Income Effect.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Migration.
- Population Policies.
- Public Goods.
- Public Sector Development.
- Transport.
- Transport Economics Policy and Planning.
- Local Subjects:
- Amenity Value.
- Anthropology.
- Culture & Development.
- Economic Theory & Research.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Income Effect.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Migration.
- Population Policies.
- Public Goods.
- Public Sector Development.
- Transport.
- Transport Economics Policy and Planning.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (37 pages)
- Other Title:
- Voting with Their Feet?
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2014
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Using bilateral migration flow data from the 2010 population census of Nepal, this paper provides evidence on the importance of public infrastructure and services in determining migration flows. The empirical specification, based on a generalized nested logit model, corrects for the non-random selection of migrants. The results show that migrants prefer areas that are nearer to paved roads and have better access to electricity. Apart from electricity's impact on income and through income on migration, the econometric results indicate that migrants attach substantial amenity value to access to electricity. These findings have important implications for the placement of basic infrastructure projects and the way benefits from these projects are evaluated.
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