The Nieboer–Domar hypothesis has proved to be a powerful tool to identify the economic conditions under which slavery … use of slavery was more likely to become a vital alternative to increase production. These conditions have been identified … modified. First, slavery emerged as an urban phenomenon. Second, the use of slaves increased parallel with other forms of …

This paper addresses the long-term impact of Sub-Saharan Africa’s indigenous systems of slavery on its political and … develop a theory to account for this based on the framework proposed by North et al. (2009), where indigenous slavery may have … indigenous slavery is robustly and negatively associated with the quality of governance and with current income levels. …