Impact Assessment of Urban Public Policies

• Grant number: 24/10980-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: November 01, 2024
• End date: December 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Economics - Regional and Urban Economics
• Principal Investigator: Daniel Ferreira Pereira Gonçalves da Mata
• Grantee: Lucas Jean de Miranda Coelho
• Host Institution: Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (EAESP). Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 21/11959-3 - CITIES: Center for Innovation in Urban Public Policies, AP.CCD

Abstract

Rail transportation is fundamental for São Paulo, with trains and subways carrying 18 percent of the city's population daily. Urban economics literature has extensively studied how transportation improvements affect various markets, focusing on the concept of market access. This study aims to evaluate how the presence of a train or subway station in a specific geographical area of the municipality influences its entrepreneurship metrics (birth, longevity, existence, and closure of businesses). We will use regression models with reduced equations to establish causality. Additionally, we will conduct analyses of heterogeneity, descriptive, and geographical analyses using geocoded municipal data from São Paulo to enrich our understanding.