Infrastructure-driven healthcare advancements: Rural Roads and Maternal Health in Ethiopia

IF 1.4 3区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2025-08-14 DOI:10.1016/j.socec.2025.102427

Musa Hasen Ahmed , Wondimagegn Mesfin Tesfaye

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Abstract

We examine the link between road accessibility and the use of maternal healthcare services in Ethiopia. Using a quasi-experimental design, we compare maternal health outcomes in villages before and after road construction alongside control villages without such infrastructure. Our analysis suggests that rural road development is associated with increased utilization of maternal healthcare services during the prenatal stage. However, we did not observe significant associations during the birth or postnatal stages. Using data collected before the commencement of the road expansion program, we confirm that the observed association between road access and maternal healthcare utilization can be attributed to the road infrastructure rather than to pre-existing conditions in the villages.

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基础设施推动的保健进步：埃塞俄比亚的农村道路和孕产妇保健

我们检查道路可达性和使用孕产妇保健服务在埃塞俄比亚之间的联系。采用准实验设计，我们比较了道路建设前后村庄与没有此类基础设施的对照村庄的孕产妇健康结果。我们的分析表明，农村道路的发展与产前阶段孕产妇保健服务的利用率增加有关。然而，我们没有观察到在出生或出生后阶段的显著关联。利用在公路扩建计划开始之前收集的数据，我们证实，观察到的公路通行与孕产妇保健利用之间的关联可归因于道路基础设施，而不是村庄原有的条件。

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

2.60

自引率

12.50%

发文量

113

审稿时长

83 days

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