The gold digger and the machine.
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Resumo: | This paper uses a quasi-natural experiment, the recent gold boom in Burkina Faso, to document the local impact of two alternative mining techniques: artisanal and industrial mining. Artisanal mines have a bad reputation. When these mines (labor intensive and managed in common) compete for land with industrial mines (capital intensive and privatized), governments tend to favor the latter. However, more than 100 million people depend on artisanal mines for a livelihood. Our identification strategy exploits two sources of variation. The spatial variation comes from the exposure of households to different geological endowments, and the temporal variation comes from changes in the global gold price. We are the first to document the economic impact of artisanal mines. We show that a 1% increase in the gold price increases consumption by 0.12% for households near artisanal mines. Opening an industrial mine, in contrast, has no impact on local consumption. |
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The gold digger and the machine.Evidence on the distributive effect of the artisanal and industrial gold rushes in Burkina FasoArtisanal miningBurkina FasoCommonsExtractive industriesGoldPovertyDevelopmentEconomics and EconometricsThis paper uses a quasi-natural experiment, the recent gold boom in Burkina Faso, to document the local impact of two alternative mining techniques: artisanal and industrial mining. Artisanal mines have a bad reputation. When these mines (labor intensive and managed in common) compete for land with industrial mines (capital intensive and privatized), governments tend to favor the latter. However, more than 100 million people depend on artisanal mines for a livelihood. Our identification strategy exploits two sources of variation. The spatial variation comes from the exposure of households to different geological endowments, and the temporal variation comes from changes in the global gold price. We are the first to document the economic impact of artisanal mines. We show that a 1% increase in the gold price increases consumption by 0.12% for households near artisanal mines. Opening an industrial mine, in contrast, has no impact on local consumption.NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE)RUNBazillier, RemiGirard, Victoire2022-12-21T01:32:39Z2020-03-012020-03-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/90077eng0304-3878PURE: 15654014https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2019.102411info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:40:10Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/90077Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:37:07.797264Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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The gold digger and the machine. Evidence on the distributive effect of the artisanal and industrial gold rushes in Burkina Faso |
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The gold digger and the machine. |
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The gold digger and the machine. Bazillier, Remi Artisanal mining Burkina Faso Commons Extractive industries Gold Poverty Development Economics and Econometrics |
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The gold digger and the machine. |
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The gold digger and the machine. |
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The gold digger and the machine. |
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The gold digger and the machine. |
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The gold digger and the machine. |
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Bazillier, Remi |
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Bazillier, Remi Girard, Victoire |
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Girard, Victoire |
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NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE) RUN |
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Bazillier, Remi Girard, Victoire |
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Artisanal mining Burkina Faso Commons Extractive industries Gold Poverty Development Economics and Econometrics |
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Artisanal mining Burkina Faso Commons Extractive industries Gold Poverty Development Economics and Econometrics |
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This paper uses a quasi-natural experiment, the recent gold boom in Burkina Faso, to document the local impact of two alternative mining techniques: artisanal and industrial mining. Artisanal mines have a bad reputation. When these mines (labor intensive and managed in common) compete for land with industrial mines (capital intensive and privatized), governments tend to favor the latter. However, more than 100 million people depend on artisanal mines for a livelihood. Our identification strategy exploits two sources of variation. The spatial variation comes from the exposure of households to different geological endowments, and the temporal variation comes from changes in the global gold price. We are the first to document the economic impact of artisanal mines. We show that a 1% increase in the gold price increases consumption by 0.12% for households near artisanal mines. Opening an industrial mine, in contrast, has no impact on local consumption. |
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