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Title: Displacement and Infrastructure Provision: Evidence from the Interstate Highway System

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Publication Year: 2024

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Abstract: I study the long-run effects of displacement and neighborhood division by looking at individuals affected by the construction of the Interstate Highway System. To do so, I track individuals over time by linking the 1940 census to administrative mortality records from 1995 to 2005. I find that displaced individuals die three months younger, are more likely to leave their neighborhoods, and reside in areas with lower socioe- conomic characteristics at the time of death. I also find highly localized spillovers: individuals living within 100 meters of a highway are more likely to leave their neigh- borhoods and relocate to lower socioeconomic areas, yet they do not experience in- creased mortality. The neighborhoods where individuals relocate after displacement explain 30% of the displacement-mortality effect. Accounting for the mortality ef- fects of displacement would have increased the cost of building the highway system by 10%. Together, these results enhance our understanding of the costs displacement imposes on individuals and their communities and provide new insights for the de- sign of future infrastructure projects.

Url: https://pvalenzuelac.github.io/files/hwys_June2024.pdf

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Authors: Valenzuela-Casasempere, Pablo

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA - Ancestry Full Count Data, IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Fertility and Mortality, Land Use/Urban Organization

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