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Long-term effects of the Inca Road / Ana Paula Franco, Sebastian Galiani, Pablo Lavado.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Franco, Ana Paula.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w28979.
- NBER working paper series no. w28979
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2021.
- Summary:
- The Inca Empire was the last of a long series of highly developed cultures in pre-colonial South America. It stretched across parts of the current territories of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and the whole of Peru. The Inca Road was its 30,000-kilometer-long transportation system. The aim of this study is to identify its long-term impact on current development in Peru. Our results show that the long-run effect of the Inca Road includes increases in wages and educational attainment, a reduction of child malnutrition and an increase in children's mathematics test scores. We also find that these effects are around 20% greater for women and explore the mechanisms that may account for this pattern.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- July 2021.
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