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原文传递 Isolation and Subjective Welfare : Evidence from South Asia

题名：	Isolation and Subjective Welfare : Evidence from South Asia
责任者：	Fafchamps, Marcel<=>Shilpi, Forhad
关键词：	Economic Theory and Research；Health Monitoring and Evaluation；Macroeconomics and Economic Growth；Consumption；Transport Economics Policy and Planning；Poverty Reduction；Inequality；Transport；Health, Nutrition and Population
学科分类：	交通运输规划与管理
摘要：	Using detailed geographical and household survey data from Nepal, this article investigates the relationship between isolation and subjective welfare. This is achieved by examining how distance to markets and proximity to large urban centers are associated with responses to questions about income and consumption adequacy. Results show that isolation is associated with a significant reduction in subjective assessments of income and consumption adequacy, even after controlling for consumption expenditures and other factors. The reduction in subjective welfare associated with isolation is much larger for households that are already relatively close to markets. These findings suggest that welfare assessments based on monetary income and consumption may seriously underestimate the subjective welfare cost of isolation, and hence will tend to bias downward the assessment of benefits to isolation-reducing investments such as roads and communication infrastructure.
出版机构：	World Bank
报告类型：	咨询报告
详细地址：	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/9036699/isolation-subjective-welfare-evidence-south-asia
资源类型：	科技（咨询、行业）报告
初始创建时间：	2008-02
最新修改时间：	2017-12-14T04:15:00Z