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Intensive and extensive margins of mining and development: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
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posted on 2023-06-09, 16:49 authored by Nemera Gebeyehu Mamo, Sambit BhattacharyyaSambit Bhattacharyya, Alexander MoradiWhat are the economic consequences of mining in Sub-Saharan Africa? Using a panel of 3,635 districts from 42 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1992 to 2012 we investigate the effects of mining on living standards (measured by night-lights and household/cohort characteristics from Demographic and Health Surveys) and public service provisions (from Afrobarometer). Night-lights increase in mining districts when mineral production expands (intensive margin), but large effects are mainly associated with new discoveries and new production (extensive margin). We identify the effect by carefully choosing feasible but not yet mined districts as a control group. In addition, we exploit first, single-first, giant and major discoveries as exogenous news shocks. Mines in Africa exhibit enclave characteristics as we find little evidence of significant spillovers to other districts.
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Journal of Development EconomicsISSN
0304-3878Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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139Page range
28-49Department affiliated with
- Economics Publications
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2019-02-11First Open Access (FOA) Date
2021-02-13First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2019-02-09Usage metrics
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