Jutta Bolt|Dirk Bezemer
Understanding Long-Run African Growth: Colonial Institutions or Colonial Education?
University of Groningen|University of Groningen
abstract longterm growth developing countries explained four frameworks extractive colonial institutions acemoglu et al 2001 acemoglu johnson robinson j 2001 colonial origins comparative development empirical investigation american economic review 915 13691401 crossref web science google scholar colonial legal origin la porta et al 2004 la porta r lopezdesilanes f popeleches c shleifer 2004 judicial checks balances journal political economy 1122 445470 crossref web science google scholar geography gallup et al 1998 gallup j l sachs j mellinger 1998 geography economic development nber working paper 6849 cambridge national bureau economic research google scholar colonial human capital glaeser et al 2004 glaeser e l la porta r lopezdesilanes f shleifer 2004 institutions cause growth journal economic growth 93 271303 crossref web science google scholar paper test colonial human capital explanation subsaharan africa controlling legal origin geography utilising data colonial era education find instrumented human capital explains longterm growth better shows greater stability time instrumented measures extractive institutions suggest impact disease environment african longterm growth runs human capital channel rather extractiveinstitutions channel effect education robust including variables capturing legal origin geography additional explanatory power