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Finding Eldorado : slavery and long-run development in Colombia
Acemoglu, Daron; García Jimeno, Camilo; Robinson, … - 2012
Slavery has been a major institution of labor coercion throughout history. Colonial societies used slavery intensively … across the Americas, and slavery remained prevalent in most countries after independence from the European powers. We … investigate the impact of slavery on long-run development in Colombia. Our identification strategy compares municipalities that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009573288
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Colonial Institutions, Slavery, Inequality, and Development : Evidence from São Paulo, Brazil
Summerhill, William - 2010
institutions, slavery, farm inequality, and political inequality on long-term development in São Paulo. The principal findings are … end of the twentieth century; (2) measures of the intensity of slavery have little if any independent impact on income in … contemporary economic or political inequality. Overall, neither the intensity of slavery nor the pattern of inequality had any …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144702
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The Long-Term Determinants of Female HIV Infection in Africa : The Slave Trade, Polygyny, and Sexual Behavior
Bertocchi, Graziella - 2015
We study the long-term determinants of the high rates of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly among women, with a focus on family structure and sexual behavior as shaped by the demographic shock following the transatlantic slave trade. First we show that, in clusters where polygyny...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016394
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The long-term determinants of female HIV infection in Africa : the slave trade, polygyny, and sexual behavior
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2015
We study the long-term determinants of the high rates of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly among women, with a focus on family structure and sexual behavior as shaped by the demographic shock following the transatlantic slave trade. First we show that, in clusters where polygyny...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279731
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The long-term determinants of female HIV infection in Africa : the slave trade, polygyny, and sexual behavior
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2015
We study the long-term determinants of the high rates of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly among women, with a focus on family structure and sexual behavior as shaped by the demographic shock following the transatlantic slave trade. First we show that, in clusters where polygyny...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283191
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National identity, public goods, and modern economic development
Skaperdas, Stergios; Testa, Patrick A. - 2023
Early in their formation, modern nation-states face internal conflicts that impede their economic development. This paper examines the role of national identity in helping modern states overcome such conflicts to provide public goods and grow. We develop a model in which the population can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014251036
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Long-Term Effects of the Inca Road
Franco, Ana Paula; Galiani, Sebastián; Lavado, Pablo - 2021
The Inca Empire was the last of a long series of highly developed cultures in pre-colonial South America. It stretched across parts of the current territories of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and the whole of Peru. The Inca Road was its 30,000-kilometer-long transportation system....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013220509
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National Identity, Public Goods, and Modern Economic Development
Skaperdas, Stergios; Testa, Patrick - 2023
Early in their formation, modern nation-states face internal conflicts that impede their economic development. This paper examines the role of national identity in helping modern states overcome such conflicts to provide public goods and grow. We develop a model in which the population can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014358103
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In the Shadow of Violence : A New Perspective on Development
North, Douglass C. - 2015
This paper extends the North, Wallis, and Weingast (2009) framework for understanding the problems of development. Our approach distinguishes two development problems that are normally conflated. Most approaches to development focus on the second problem, namely, the transition of societies from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016711
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Teenage motherhood, education, and labor market outcomes of the mother: Evidence from Brazilian data
Narita, Renata; Montoya Diaz, Maria Dolores - In: EconomiA 17 (2016) 2, pp. 238-252
This paper studies the effects of teenage motherhood on later educational and labor market achievement of the mothers. We construct a pseudo panel from the Brazilian Household Surveys (the 1992–2004 PNADs) and from the Health Ministry data (DATASUS 1981–1992) by state of birth and cohort. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011858465