Arbeitspapier
Colonial Heritage and Economic Development
While the importance of institutions for explaining cross-country income differences is widely recognized, comparatively little is known about the origins of economic institutions. One strand of the literature emphasizes cultural differences while another points at exogenous environmental factors such as mortality and climate. Both are supported by some empirical evidence. I reconcile the two schools of institutional origins by proposing a theory of self-selection of colonists to different geographic destinations. Exogenous characteristics such as climate, mortality and factor differences determine which type of settler decides to move to a particular colony. Settler type, in turn, shapes the institutional quality of the new country. The model is used to confirm observed regularities reported by previous researchers. Furthermore, robust new evidence is presented in support of this selection process. The results suggest that any theory of colonial development that does not take selection into account will be incomplete.
- Sprache
-
Englisch
- Erschienen in
-
Series: IFN Working Paper ; No. 758
- Klassifikation
-
Wirtschaft
Economic History: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations: General, International, or Comparative
Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Capitalist Systems: Political Economy
- Thema
-
Economic Development
Culture
Origins of Political Institutions
Wirtschaftswachstum
Regionale Disparität
Kolonialismus
Institutionelle Infrastruktur
Entwicklungsländer
- Ereignis
-
Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
-
Asoni, Andrea
- Ereignis
-
Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
-
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
- (wo)
-
Stockholm
- (wann)
-
2008
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
-
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
Datenpartner
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. Bei Fragen zum Objekt wenden Sie sich bitte an den Datenpartner.
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Asoni, Andrea
- Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
Entstanden
- 2008
Ähnliche Objekte (12)
Institutional development and colonial heritage within Brazil
Institutional Development and Colonial Heritage within Brazil
Lessons from post-colonial Malaysian economic development
Economic Forms in Pre-Colonial Ghana
Dynamic Properties of Colonial Development
Impact of Colonial Institutions on Economic Growth and Development in India: Evidence from Night Lights Data
The Colonial and Geographic Origins of Comparative Development
Property rights and the fiscal and financial systems in Brazil: Colonial heritage and the imperial period
The Development of Commercial Agriculture in Pre-Colonial Africa
Institutional development and colonial heritage within Brazil
Economic Development Strategies
African Economic Growth 1900-50: Historical National Accounts for British Colonial Africa
Institutional development and colonial heritage within Brazil
Institutional Development and Colonial Heritage within Brazil
Lessons from post-colonial Malaysian economic development
Economic Forms in Pre-Colonial Ghana
Dynamic Properties of Colonial Development
Impact of Colonial Institutions on Economic Growth and Development in India: Evidence from Night Lights Data
The Colonial and Geographic Origins of Comparative Development
Property rights and the fiscal and financial systems in Brazil: Colonial heritage and the imperial period
The Development of Commercial Agriculture in Pre-Colonial Africa
Institutional development and colonial heritage within Brazil
Economic Development Strategies
African Economic Growth 1900-50: Historical National Accounts for British Colonial Africa
Institutional development and colonial heritage within Brazil
Institutional Development and Colonial Heritage within Brazil
Lessons from post-colonial Malaysian economic development
Economic Forms in Pre-Colonial Ghana
Dynamic Properties of Colonial Development
Impact of Colonial Institutions on Economic Growth and Development in India: Evidence from Night Lights Data
The Colonial and Geographic Origins of Comparative Development
Property rights and the fiscal and financial systems in Brazil: Colonial heritage and the imperial period
The Development of Commercial Agriculture in Pre-Colonial Africa
Institutional development and colonial heritage within Brazil
Economic Development Strategies