Working Paper: NBER ID: w28979
Authors: Ana Paula Franco; Sebastian Galiani; Pablo Lavado
Abstract: The Inca Empire was the last of a long series of highly developed cultures in pre-colonial South America. It stretched across parts of the current territories of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and the whole of Peru. The Inca Road was its 30,000-kilometer-long transportation system. The aim of this study is to identify its long-term impact on current development in Peru. Our results show that the long-run effect of the Inca Road includes increases in wages and educational attainment, a reduction of child malnutrition and an increase in children’s mathematics test scores. We also find that these effects are around 20% greater for women and explore the mechanisms that may account for this pattern.
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JEL Codes: O1
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| Inca road (R42) | educational attainment (I21) |
| Inca road (R42) | child malnutrition (J13) |
| Inca road (R42) | average hourly wages (J31) |
| Inca road (R42) | average hourly wages (women) (J31) |