on demographic influences of institutional change, induced innovations, as well as the central role of land rights in our … analysis. Our main argument is that in conditions of relative land abundance, geographic factors influence rural …-rural migration flows to geographically well-endowed regions which in turn give rise to migration-induced land scarcity. Land scarcity …

new technological paradigm, which delayed their industrialization and, hence, their take-off to a state of sustained … development in the agricultural stage but has had a negative impact on income per capita in the course of industrialization; and … economic development in the process of industrialization. …

new technological paradigm, which delayed their industrialization and, hence, their take-off to a state of sustained … development in the agricultural stage but has had a negative impact on income per capita in the course of industrialization; and … economic development in the process of industrialization. …

; geographical isolation ; economic development ; agriculture ; industrialization … new technological paradigm, which delayed their industrialization and, hence, their take-off to a state of sustained … development in the agricultural stage but has had a negative impact on income per capita in the course of industrialization; and …

; Geographical isolation ; Economic development ; Agriculture ; Industrialization … new technological paradigm, which delayed their industrialization and, hence, their take-off to a state of sustained … development in the agricultural stage but has had a negative impact on income per capita in the course of industrialization; and …

integrate agriculture into the international trade sector and the diversion of capital to luxury goods, but none have discussed …

We study a fundamental institution in many societies: the structure of property rights over land. Across societies …, communal land rights have been more common than private land rights. We test the hypothesis that longer fallow requirements … - the time needed to leave land uncultivated to restore fertility - led to a higher prevalence of communal property rights …

We study the role of proximity to historical ethnic borders in determining individual land ownership in Sub …-Saharan Africa. Following an instrumental variable strategy, we document that individuals have a lower likelihood of owning land near … historical ethnic borders. In particular, the likelihood of owning land decreases by 15 percentage points, i.e., about 1/3 of the …