CAN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT ALLEVIATE MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY? — EVIDENCE FROM CHINA

Yongbo Ge (), Yuexiao Zhu, Wenqiang Zhang () and Xiaoran Kong ()
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Yongbo Ge: School of Insurance, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan, P. R. China
Yuexiao Zhu: ��School of Finance, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan, P. R. China
Wenqiang Zhang: ��School of Finance, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan, P. R. China
Xiaoran Kong: ��School of Finance, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan, P. R. China

The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2023, vol. 68, issue 04, 1393-1426

Abstract: We investigate the impact of the construction of large-scale high-speed railways (HSRs) on regional multidimensional poverty in China. We find that the opening of HSRs can reduce this poverty indicator. This association is robust to a series of checks. Regarding the mechanisms, the opening of HSRs can improve regional accessibility, enhance local tourism, increase labor mobility and promote human capital accumulation, which alleviates multidimensional poverty. Further research indicates the regional heterogeneity of the effect. This research supplements poverty alleviation theory from the perspective of public infrastructure and offers insight into how multidimensional poverty arises and how it can be alleviated.

Keywords: High-speed railways; infrastructure development; multidimensional poverty; poverty alleviation; developing country (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D01 E20 E21 E60 G30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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