Public Infrastructure and Wages: Public Capital's Role as a Productive Input and Household Amenity

Dalenberg, Douglas; Partridge, Mark D.

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“…While the small sample size for nonwhites (n = 1000) make ®rm conclusions dicult, these ®nd-ings suggest that medical inputs have a substantially larger productivity enhancing eect for nonwhites than for whites. This ®nding is consistent with empirical ®ndings on the production of health which concludes that the marginal product of medical care inputs on individual health are typically much stronger for blacks than for whites (Corman et al, 1987;Hadley 1988;Folland et al, 1997). Since the marginal product of medical care is higher for blacks than whites, it follows that the marginal impact of medical care inputs on earnings will be higher for blacks as well.…”

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confidence: 76%

“…r i is the average of the log housing value for individual i's county. As in typical hedonic wage models, local characteristics, N, are controlled for with a series of variables including local government per pupil expendi- 3 For an empirical example of the overall positive eect of amenities on wages in the context of public infrastructure and wages, see Dalenberg and Partridge (1997). The wage-amenity model can be used to estimate non-market values for unpriced amenities.…”

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The production of health and the valuation of medical inputs in wage-amenity models

Schumacher

Whitehead

2000

Social Science & Medicine

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Using a hedonic wage-amenity model, this paper examines the valuation of medical inputs into the production of health. The data used in this study include the incomes, demographics and measures of human capital for households in eastern North Carolina with county level medical input supply. These data allow an estimate of the marginal value of medical care inputs such as the physician to population ratio and the availability of specialized services in an area of the country where the lack of available medical care has been of particular concern to policy makers. Our results indicate that while health care inputs are not a signi®cant determinant of earnings overall, they are important in counties that have been designated as medically underserved. In underserved counties each additional physician per 10,000 individuals in the county decreases earnings by about 11.6%. This suggests that physicians act as an amenity and workers are willing to accept lower wages to locate in counties with a higher physician to population ratio. #

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The production of health and the valuation of medical inputs in wage-amenity models

Schumacher

Whitehead

2000

Social Science & Medicine

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“…A similar selection of variables is found throughout the empirical literature on population change specific to amenity effects (cf. CARLINO and MILLS, 1987;CARRUTHERS, 2003;DALENBERG and PARTRIDGE, 1997;GLAESER and SHAPIRO, 2003;NAUDE and KRUGELL, 2006;PARTRIDGE, 2005;POUDYAL et al, 2008;and SHUMWAY and DAVIS, 1996). These variables can be characterized within the broad categories of demographic characteristics, socio-economic conditions, physical infrastructure, environmental and geophysical factors, cultural resources, and potential legal constraints.…”

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Isolating the Effect of Natural Amenities on Population Change at the Local Level

Chi¹,

Marcouiller²

2010

Regional Studies

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Isolating the effect of natural amenities on population change at the local level, Regional Studies. As latent production inputs, natural amenities are thought to serve as the basis for a variety of regional effects. In this study, natural amenity and socio-economic conditions were analysed with respect to population growth empirically estimated at the municipal level in an amenity-rich lakes region of the North Central United States from 1970 to 2000 with a specific focus on spatial relationships. The limited results suggest mixed effects that confirm an increased amenity influence as one of many factors that drive localized population change.

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“…More recently, Dalenberg and Partridge (1997) developed a firm/household spatial equilibrium model to investigate the impacts of highways as opposed to total infrastructure.…”

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“…This study investigates both assumptions and provides a range of 10 The manufacturing industry was selected since it has the most competitive advantage among the wholesale trade, transportation and warehousing sectors in Indiana (LQ = 1.77), compared to the rest of the nation. Also, prior research has argued that manufacturing firms seem to benefit more from highways (Dalenberg and Partridge, 1997;Fernald, 1999). Some additional assumption inherent in the estimation of potential business attraction and tourism are provided below:…”

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Economic Development Effects of INDOT Transportation Projects

Gkritza¹,

Labi²,

Sinha³

2007

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Prepared in cooperation with the Indiana Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration. AbstractThe evaluation of transportation projects has traditionally been carried out in the context of economic efficiency, in terms of savings in travel time, vehicle operating cost, and safety. The wider and longer-term effects on economic development (i.e., job, income and business growth) are a concern of transportation planners and decision-makers but have been often overlooked due to the lack of a reliable impact estimation methodology and/or data. Information on economic development impacts is valuable for understanding the total effect of projects and therefore, for a more balanced justification of proposed transportation infrastructure investments. This study extends the traditional transportation impact framework by examining how different types of highway improvements that have been programmed for implementation in the State of Indiana can affect the state's economy, and how project-and location-specific factors interact to stimulate economic development. Temporal, spatial, and project characteristics are duly considered.The end product of this research is a quantitative tool that can be used at the project development phase by INDOT staff to estimate the economic development effects of different types of highway investments and make better decisions regarding highway investment. The study results provide a better understanding of the interrelationships among economic development, type of highway improvement and geographical location, and how investments in highway infrastructure can be ranked and prioritized based on sound economic development criteria. This study illustrates the types of data necessary to document these effects, and demonstrates how analysis can be carried out and ultimately improved. The study results can also assist INDOT to develop a quantitative approach to establish weights for the economic development criterion in a bid to rank and select projects based on their economic development potential and increase the efficiency of highway investment. Finally, the questionnaire survey targeted to transportation agencies and organizations across Indiana that have interests in economic development aspects could improve the understanding of economic development practices in the state. The survey results shed light into the circumstances under which economic developers and transportation agencies assess such effects, the measures that are or should typically be used, their associated weights, and the strategies/tools that are most often used. . Transportation planners and decision-makers have long shown concern about how transportation investments and services shape economic development. For large and more complex project in particular (and where the role of public participation is significant), information on the wider economic development impacts of transportation (e.g., changes in the regional industry, commerce, agriculture, and income, etc.) becomes valuable for measuring...

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Public Infrastructure and Wages: Public Capital's Role as a Productive Input and Household Amenity

Cited by 52 publications

References 29 publications

The production of health and the valuation of medical inputs in wage-amenity models

The production of health and the valuation of medical inputs in wage-amenity models

Isolating the Effect of Natural Amenities on Population Change at the Local Level

Economic Development Effects of INDOT Transportation Projects

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