Transit infrastructure and informal housing: Assessing an expansion of Medellín’s Metrocable system
Transportation policies have a valuable influence on the allocation of resources within cities. Therefore, investigating the impacts of transit interventions is relevant, especially in developing countries where informal housing is highly prevalent and spatial disparities are noteworthy. We study the impact of a transit expansion of the Metrocable system in Medellín, Colombia, as a natural […]
Firms and informality a new data base for colombia
The article Firms & Informality identifies the main stylized facts of business informality in Colombia. To identify these facts, an innovative database (EEG) was built by attaching information from the Micro-business Survey (EMICRON), the structural surveys of manufacturing, trade, and services (EAM, EAC and EAS) and the questions asked to the employer by the household […]
Transit infrastructure and informal housing: assessing an expansion of the medellin’s metrocable system
Transportation policies have an important incidence on the allocation of resources within cities. Therefore, investigating the impacts of transit investment is relevant especially in developing countries where informal housing is highly prevalent and spatial disparities are remarkable. We study the impact of a transit expansion of the Metrocable system in Medellín (Colombia) as a natural […]