dc.contributor.author | Jones, Maggie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-05-01T14:53:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-05-01T14:53:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-05-01 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/14824 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper analyzes how coca cultivation affects the provision of basic household services in Colombia. In particular, I examine how different levels of government responded to an exogenous upsurge in coca cultivation in 1995. I use data from De- mographic Health Surveys to compare Colombian households’ access to electricity (overseen by the federal government) and water (overseen by municipal govern- ments) in coca growing areas relative to non-growing areas. I use both standard and generalized difference-in-differences models. My results indicate that after coca cultivation increased, electricity coverage increased by 7 percentage points more in coca growing departments than non-growing departments. In contrast, there were no differential trends in access to piped water between growing and non-growing departments. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | coca cultivation | en_US |
dc.subject | economics | en_US |
dc.subject | electricity provision | en_US |
dc.subject | water provision | en_US |
dc.title | Cocaine Production and the Provision of Household Services: Evidence from Colombian Coca Farmers | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2012-04-30 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Economics | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Arts | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | N/A | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Melvin Cross | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Kuan Xu | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Daniel Rosenblum, Mutlu Yuksel | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |