The value of redistribution: natural resources and the formation of human capital under weak institutions
Abstract: We exploit time and spatial variation generated by the commodities boom to measure the effect of natural resources on human capital formation in Peru, a country with low governance indicators. Combining test scores from over two million students and district-level administrative data on mining production and the redistribution of mining taxes to local governments, we find no effect from production. However, redistribution of mining taxes increases math test scores by 0.23 standard deviations. We identify the improvements in the quality of teachers and in school infrastructure, together with increases in adult employment and health outcomes of adults and children, as key mechanisms from the redistribution. Policy implications for the avoidance of the natural resource curse are discussed
- Standort
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
- Umfang
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Online-Ressource, 76 S.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Anmerkungen
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
- Erschienen in
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Avances de Investigación ; Bd. 28
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Lima
- (wann)
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2017
- Urheber
- Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen
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GRADE Group for the Analysis of Development
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-56786-1
- Rechteinformation
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Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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25.03.2025, 13:42 MEZ
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Beteiligte
- Agüero, Jorge
- Balcázar, Carlos Felipe
- Maldonado Zambrano, Stanislao
- Ñopo, Hugo
- GRADE Group for the Analysis of Development
Entstanden
- 2017
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