Left in the Dark? Oil and Rural Poverty
Left in the Dark? Oil and Rural Poverty
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DOI：
10.1086/698512
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发表时间：
2018-08
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Brock Smith;S. Wills
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作者：
Brock Smith;S. Wills
石油繁荣是否减少了农村贫困和不平等？为了研究这个问题，我们通过计算晚上生活在黑暗中的人来衡量农村贫困：结合2000年至2013年关于夜间灯光和人口的高分辨率全球卫星数据。与超过600，000份家庭调查相比，我们开发了一种衡量标准，可以准确识别74%的家庭处于极端贫困线以上或以下。我们发现，高油价和新发现都增加了全国的照明和GDP。然而，它们也促进了区域不平等，因为增长仅限于城镇，没有证据表明它们使农村穷人受益。
Do oil booms reduce rural poverty and inequality? To study this we measure rural poverty by counting people who live in darkness at night: combining high-resolution global satellite data on night-time lights and population from 2000 to 2013. We develop a measure that accurately identifies 74% of households as above or below the extreme poverty line when compared to over 600,000 household surveys. We find that both high oil prices and new discoveries increase illumination and GDP nationally. However, they also promote regional inequality because the increases are limited to towns and cities with no evidence that they benefit the rural poor.