Speaker
Alina Mulyukova
(Kiel Institute for the World Economy)
Description
This paper provides novel evidence on the impact of a prominent place-based policy - Special Economic Zones (SEZs) - on the economic well-being of African households. Exploiting time variation in SEZ establishment on a dataset of repeated cross-sections of households in 10 African countries during 1990-2020, we show that households living near SEZs become wealthier relative to the national average after SEZ establishment. The effect is not driven by residential sorting, accrues mostly within 10 km of SEZs, and is accompanied by increased access to household utilities, higher consumption of durable goods and a shift away from agricultural activities.
| Keyword | Impact Evaluation |
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Authors
Alina Mulyukova
(Kiel Institute for the World Economy)
Cecilia Hornok
(Kiel Institute for the World Economy)
Matthew Abagna
(University College Dublin)
