abstract: 'This paper studies the effects of mining intensity and presence on

  Peru''s mining districts'' welfare from 2004 to 2019. A pooled

  cross-section regression is used which is constructed from different

  sources and two sets of comparisons are made: the first compare

  districts with and without mining presence within mining provinces, and

  the second compares districts with and without mining presence without

  the constraint of being within mining provinces. The primary dependent

  variables included in the model are income inequality, labor income, and

  poverty rate. In mining districts, inequality has increased, but labor

  income has increased, and poverty has decreased compared to non-mining

  districts. However, once control for province-fixed effects and

  clustered by standard errors at the district level, the significance of

  inequality is lost, while the impacts on labor income and poverty

  remain. The transmission mechanisms are human capital, employment, and

  redistributive policies. Also the mining presence has had positive

  effects on labor income in other sectors such as construction and

  commerce; Finally, the labor incomes of unskilled workers increases but

  not the labor incomes of skilled workers, and it has negatively impacted

  informal employment.'
affiliation: 'Chavez, C (Corresponding Author), Univ Nacl Mayor San Marcos, Lima,
  Peru.

  Chavez, Carlos, Univ Nacl Mayor San Marcos, Lima, Peru.'
author: Chavez, Carlos
author-email: carlos.chavez2@unmsm.edu.pe
author_list:
- family: Chavez
  given: Carlos
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1007/s13563-023-00370-6
earlyaccessdate: MAY 2023
eissn: 2191-2211
files: []
issn: 2191-2203
journal: MINERAL ECONOMICS
keywords: Mining presence; Inequality; Labor income; Poverty
keywords-plus: RESOURCE CURSE; NATURAL-RESOURCES; INDUSTRIES
language: English
month: 2023 MAY 23
number-of-cited-references: '27'
orcid-numbers: CHAVEZ PADILLA, CARLOS CESAR/0000-0002-5885-7723
papis_id: bfa0ff024210febe2175cf8ac4942ad0
ref: Chavez2023effectsmining
times-cited: '0'
title: 'The effects of mining presence on inequality, labor income, and poverty: evidence
  from Peru'
type: Article; Early Access
unique-id: WOS:000992051900001
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '1'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2023'