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The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya / Robin Burgess, Remi Jedwab, Edward Miguel, Ameet Morjaria, Gerard Padró i Miquel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burgess, Robin.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w19398.
- NBER working paper series no. w19398
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Value of Democracy
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2013.
- Summary:
- Ethnic favoritism is seen as antithetical to development. This paper provides credible quantification of the extent of ethnic favoritism using data on road building in Kenyan districts across the 1963-2011 period. Guided by a model it then examines whether the transition in and out of democracy under the same president constrains or exacerbates ethnic favoritism. Across the 1963 to 2011 period, we find strong evidence of ethnic favoritism: districts that share the ethnicity of the president receive twice as much expenditure on roads and have four times the length of paved roads built. This favoritism disappears during periods of democracy.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- September 2013.
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