Felix Meier zu Selhausen|Jacob Weisdorf
A colonial legacy of African gender inequality? Evidence from Christian Kampala, 1895–2011
Utrecht University|University of Southern Denmark
colonial legacy african underdevelopment widely debated hard document article occupational statistics protestant marriage registers historical kampala used investigate hypothesis african gender inequality female disempowerment rooted colonial times find arrival europeans uganda ignited centurylong transformation kampala involving gender kuznets curve men rapidly acquired literacy quickly found way whitecollar highstatus employment wage economy built europeans women took somewhat longer obtain literacy considerably longer enter whitecollar waged work led increased gender inequality first half colonial period however gender inequality gradually declined latter half colonial era ugandas independence 1962 level significantly different precolonial times data presented also support boserups view gender inequality rooted indigenous social norms daughters african men worked traditional informal economy less welleducated less frequently employed formal work often subjected marital gender inequality daughters men employed modernized formal economy created europeans