Roads and jobs in Ethiopia

Matteo Fiorini and Marco Sanfilippo

No wp-2019-116, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: We look at how improving roads can affect jobs and structural transformation. We use a novel geocoded dataset covering the universe of Ethiopian roads and match this information with individual data to identify the effects of improvements in road infrastructure on the creation, quality, and sectoral distribution of jobs over the period 1994-2013. We find that, at the district level, higher market potential due to better roads contributes to the creation of new jobs, reduces the share of agricultural workers, and increases that of workers in the services sector but not in manufacturing.

Keywords: Ethiopia; Roads; Structural transformation; Transportation; Infrastructure; Road transportation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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