resolution. We then use the model to quantify the gains from relaxing migration restrictions as well as to describe the evolution … liberalizing migration would increase welfare more than three-fold and would significantly affect the evolution of particular …

We investigate the role of national institutions on regional development in a novel framework. We exploit the fact that … correlation between formal national institutions and economic development has to be carefully interpreted. …

We examine the link between pre-colonial statehood and contemporary regional African development, as reflected in …-country analysis reveals a strong positive correlation between pre-colonial political centralization and contemporary development (and …

shaping African development. First, using recent surveys from Sub-Saharan African countries, we document that individuals … a strong association between pre-colonial centralization and contemporary comparative development both across and within … countries. We also document that the strong link between pre-colonial political centralization and regional development -as …

comparative development. We also show that ethnic inequality goes in tandem with lower levels development within countries. Using …