Publication Type
Working Paper
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
5-2023
Abstract
This paper evaluates the distributional impacts of transportation networks in China.We show that the quality of roads and railroads vary substantially over time and space, and ignoring these variations biases the estimates of travel time. To account for quality differences, we construct a new panel dataset and approximate quality using the design speed of roads and railroads that varies by vintage, class, and terrain at the pixel level. We then build a dynamic spatial general equilibrium model that allows for multiple modes and routes of transportation and forward-looking migration decision.We find aggregate welfare gain and less spatial income inequality led by expanding transportation network.
Keywords
regional trade, migration, welfare, economic geography
Discipline
Asian Studies | Industrial Organization | Transportation
Research Areas
Applied Microeconomics
First Page
1
Last Page
82
Identifier
10.2139/ssrn.4118287
Publisher
SMU Economics and Statistics Working Paper Series, Paper No. Paper No. 09-2022
City or Country
Singapore
Citation
MA, Lin and YANG, Tang.
The distributional impacts of transportation networks in China. (2023). 1-82.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2625
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4118287