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Finding Eldorado : slavery and long-run development in Colombia
Acemoglu, Daron; García Jimeno, Camilo; Robinson, James A. - 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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Finding Eldorado: Slavery and Long-run Development in Colombia
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James Alan; García-Jimeno, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 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/10011133526
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The Brazilian Economy in 20th Century
Antunes, Davi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
In this brief text, we will try to discuss the problems of the Brazilian Economy and how these problems are affected by the globalization.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113525
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Sabotage from Abroad? The Economic Impact of U.S. Interference in Chile 1970-73
Walther, E. James - 2021
In 1973, Augusto Pinochet led a US-backed coup against Salvador Allende, Chile's democratically elected president. Pinochet's supporters argued that the coup was the only way to save the country amid statism and socioeconomic breakdown. But how much was Allende to blame for the crisis that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013225657
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The Case for Direct Transfers of Resource Revenues in Africa-Working Paper 333
Devarajan, Shantayanan; Giugale, Marcelo - 2013
Noting that Africa’s resource-rich countries have not translated their wealth into sustained economic growth and poverty reduction, this paper shows that by transferring a portion of resource-related government revenues uniformly and universally as direct payments to the population, some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010729172
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Civil War, Public Goods and the Social Wealth of Nations
Kanbur, Ravi; Pottebaum, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
This Paper establishes and explores the implications of a somewhat surprising empirical finding. Although civil war adversely affects the performance of social indicators in general, poorer countries lose less, in absolute and relative terms, than richer countries. It is argued that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123856
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Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision? An Experimental Approach
Habyarimana, James; Humphreys, Macartan; Posner, Daniel N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
A large and growing literature links high levels of ethnic diversity to low levels of public goods provision. Yet while the empirical connection between ethnic heterogeneity and the underprovision of public goods is widely accepted, there is little consensus on the specific mechanisms through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700854
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The National Solidarity Programme : assessing the effects of community-driven development in Afghanistan
Beath, Andrew; Christia, Fotini; Enikolopov, Ruben - 2013
This paper describes the results of an impact evaluation of the National Solidarity Programme, a community-driven development programme in Afghanistan that created democratic village councils and funded small-scale development projects. Using a randomized controlled trial across 500 villages, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010192397
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Politics and Public Goods in Developing Countries : Evidence from the Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi
Blakeslee, David S. - 2015
This paper employs an instrumental variables approach to identify the effect of party ideology on policy outcomes. Exogenous variation in party representation is generated by the assassination of the leader of the populist Congress Party, which occurred mid-way through India's national elections...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013030710
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Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision? An Experimental Approach
Habyarimana, James P.; Humphreys, Macartan; Posner, … - 2021
A large and growing literature links high levels of ethnic diversity to low levels of public goods provision. Yet while the empirical connection between ethnic heterogeneity and the underprovision of public goods is widely accepted, there is little consensus on the specific mechanisms through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317460