Infrastructure development seems appealing. However, few micro studies investigated the effect and channel of physical infrastructure on household ’ s living standards. We addressed these issues using road infrastructure in kilometers on Nigeria ’ s panel data. Infrastructure development measured as stress-free access to road is found to have significant direct effect on “ within ” households’ well-being. However, the results for the isolated and non-isolated households in the entire economy and conflict-free zones are the same based on distance-quartile. In contrast, the conflict-prone zone ’ s result is different and contrariwise. But, these outcomes suggested that not-too-distant households are better off, although from an unfamiliar viewpoint.
KeywordsRoad InfrastructureHouseholdPovertyNigeriaPanel Data Models
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