Long-term effects of the inca road

Ana Paula Franco Carruitero; Sebastián  Galiani; Pablo Augusto Lavado Padilla

Long-term effects of the inca road

Ana Paula Franco Carruitero
, Sebastián Galiani
, Pablo Augusto Lavado Padilla

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Abstract

The Inca Empire was the last of a long series of highly developed cultures in pre-colonial South America. It stretched across parts of the current territories of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and the whole of Peru. The Inca Road was its 30,000-kilometer-long transportation system. The aim of this study is to identify its long-term impact on current development in Peru. Our results show that the long-run effect of the Inca Road includes increases in wages and educational attainment, a reduction of child malnutrition and an increase in children’s mathematics test scores. We also find that these effects are around 20% greater for women and explore the mechanisms that may account for this pattern

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Number of pages	30
State	Published - Jul 2021

Publication series

Name	NBER working paper series
No.	28979

Bibliographical note

Bibliografía: páginas 26-28.

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SDG 1 No Poverty
SDG 2 Zero Hunger
SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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Long-term effects of the inca road

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