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Local Inequality and Project Choice: Theory and Evidence from Ecuador

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dc.contributor.authorAraujo, M. Caridad
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Francisco H.G.
dc.contributor.authorLanjouw, Peter
dc.contributor.authorOzler, Berk
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:28:55Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:28:55Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThis paper provides evidence consistent with elite capture of Social Fund investment projects in Ecuador. Exploiting a unique combination of data sets on village-level income distributions, Social Fund project administration, and province-level electoral results, we test a simple model of project choice when local political power is unequally distributed. In accordance with the predictions of the model, poorer villages are more likely to receive projects that provide excludable (private) goods to the poor, such as latrines. Controlling for poverty, more unequal communities are less likely to receive such projects. Consistent with the hypothesis of elite capture, these results are sensitive to the specific measures of inequality and elite power used in the empirical analysis, and are strongest for expenditure shares at the top of the distribution.en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Public Economics
dc.identifier.issn00472727
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4629
dc.language.isoEN
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subjectPublicly Provided Private Goods H420
dc.subjectMeasurement and Analysis of Poverty I320
dc.subjectEconomic Development: Human Resources
dc.subjectHuman Development
dc.subjectIncome Distribution
dc.subjectMigration O150
dc.titleLocal Inequality and Project Choice: Theory and Evidence from Ecuadoren
dc.title.alternativeJournal of Public Economicsen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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okr.journal.nbpages1022-1046
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.countryEcuador
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.12.005
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okr.volume92
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