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The Impact of the Slave Trade on Literacy in Africa: Evidence from the Colonial Era
Obikili, Nonso - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2013
Recent studies have highlighted the importance of Africa's history of slave exporting to its current economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010698907
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Democracy and Education: Evidence from the Southern African Development Community
Bittencourt, Manoel - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2014
In this paper I investigate whether democracy in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has had any effect on education during the 1980-2009 period. The results, based on panel time-series analysis (I use the Pooled OLS and Fixed Effects estimators in order to deal with heterogeneity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010775244
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Does Famine Matter For Aggregate Adolescent Human Capital Acquisition In Sub-Saharan Africa?
Agbor, Julius A.; Price, Gregory N. - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2012
can possibly constrain later stage human capital acquisition, which is an important driver of economic growth. This paper … prioritize food security policies that prevent food shortages and famines, which would increase long-run economic growth and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010598098
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Slave numeracy in the Cape Colony and comparative development in the eighteenth century
Baten, Jörg; Fourie, Johan - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2012
of growth and comparative economic development, especially in regions such as Africa. Using the reported age of criminals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133839
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When Selection Trumps Persistence: The Lasting Effect of Missionary Education in South Africa
Fourie, Johan; Swanepoel, Christie - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2015
station settlement is uncorrelated with other economic variables, such as soil quality and access to markets, and 2) that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011165819