In the literature, there are few studies on the impacts of the railroad construction in the Middle Eastern countries as well mixed findings. Using the data on the population of judicial districts in the Ottoman Empire between 1893 and 1914, we examine the relationship between railroad access and economic growth in local economies. Our empirical results show the size expansion in the affected areas of railroad access. This suggests the presence of positive impact of railroads on economic growth through increasing employment opportunities and fertility rates. To deal with endogeneity problems, we use instrumental variable (IV) strategy. Our 2SLS results also indicate that the causality runs from access to railroads to population growth. The p...
Exploring heterogeneity in the impact of a technology is a first step towards understanding conditio...
We examine Fogel's influential hypothesis that new transportation technologies may be dispensable if...
Provision of efficient, reliable, and affordable infrastructure is essential for economic growth. Tr...
In the literature, there are few studies on the impacts of the railroad construction in the Middle E...
The railway revolution that swayed through Europe in the nineteenth century left a legacy of unexplo...
This paper estimates the impact of railroads in the United States between 1850 and 1910 on economic ...
This study explores the relationship between railroad integration and regional development on the Eu...
This paper empirically investigates the effects of transport infrastructure on economic growth in Ce...
This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the effect of railways on the spatial economic dev...
This article reassesses the economic impact of Spanish railroads in 1850-1913, which has been usuall...
This paper estimates the effect of gaining access to railways on settler and indigenous population d...
Peer-reviewedIn this paper we analyse the economic effects of railway infrastructure at the national...
How large are the benefits of transportation infrastructure projects, and what explains these benefi...
Increase of mass production, which is an important indication of Industrial Revolution, requires a ...
We study the effect of railway access on population growth in 19th century Switzerland. Our analysis...
Exploring heterogeneity in the impact of a technology is a first step towards understanding conditio...
We examine Fogel's influential hypothesis that new transportation technologies may be dispensable if...
Provision of efficient, reliable, and affordable infrastructure is essential for economic growth. Tr...
In the literature, there are few studies on the impacts of the railroad construction in the Middle E...
The railway revolution that swayed through Europe in the nineteenth century left a legacy of unexplo...
This paper estimates the impact of railroads in the United States between 1850 and 1910 on economic ...
This study explores the relationship between railroad integration and regional development on the Eu...
This paper empirically investigates the effects of transport infrastructure on economic growth in Ce...
This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the effect of railways on the spatial economic dev...
This article reassesses the economic impact of Spanish railroads in 1850-1913, which has been usuall...
This paper estimates the effect of gaining access to railways on settler and indigenous population d...
Peer-reviewedIn this paper we analyse the economic effects of railway infrastructure at the national...
How large are the benefits of transportation infrastructure projects, and what explains these benefi...
Increase of mass production, which is an important indication of Industrial Revolution, requires a ...
We study the effect of railway access on population growth in 19th century Switzerland. Our analysis...
Exploring heterogeneity in the impact of a technology is a first step towards understanding conditio...
We examine Fogel's influential hypothesis that new transportation technologies may be dispensable if...
Provision of efficient, reliable, and affordable infrastructure is essential for economic growth. Tr...