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来源类型	Working papers
规范类型	论文
DOI	10.3929/ethz-a-005628772
	Did history breed inequality? Colonial factor endowments and modern income distribution
	Baker, Matthew J.; Brunnschweiler, Christa N.; Bulte, Erwin H.
发表日期	2008-06
出版者	ETH Zurich, Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH)
出版年	2008
语种	英语
摘要	We explore the relation between historical population density in former colonies and modern income distribution. A theoretical model highlights the potentially opposing effects of native population density on incentives for colonists to conquer or settle in new territories. While an abundant supply of native labor is an “asset” that drives up land rents, it is also a “liability” that makes land acquisition by colonists more difficult and reduces returns to peacable migration. Conflicts over land, sowing the seeds for inequality by creating a landed élite living off rents, are especially likely to emerge for intermediate native population densities. Results are confirmed by detailed empirical tests highlighting the curvilinear relationship between native population density and modern income inequality. Finally, using population density as an instrument for inequality in the former colonies, we demonstrate that there is no causal relationship running from income distribution to economic growth.
主题	Inequality ; Growth ; Factor endowments ; Population density ; Conflict ; Colonization
URL	https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/handle/20.500.11850/11637
来源智库	Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (Switzerland)
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条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/266658
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Baker, Matthew J.,Brunnschweiler, Christa N.,Bulte, Erwin H.. Did history breed inequality? Colonial factor endowments and modern income distribution. 2008.

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