| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w14783 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 14783 |
| The Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa | |
| Nathan Nunn; Leonard Wantchekon | |
| 发表日期 | 2009-03-12 |
| 出版年 | 2009 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | We investigate the historical origins of mistrust within Africa. Combining contemporary household survey data with historic data on slave shipments, we show that individuals whose ancestors were heavily raided during the slave trade today exhibit less trust in neighbors, relatives, and their local government. We confirm that the relationship is causal by using the historic distance from the coast of a respondent's ancestors as an instrument for the intensity of the slave trade, while controlling for the individual's current distance from the coast. We undertake a number of falsification tests, all of which suggest that the necessary exclusion restriction is satisfied. Exploiting variation among individuals who live in locations different from their ancestors, we show that most of the impact of the slave trade works through factors that are internal to the individual, such as cultural norms, beliefs, and values. |
| 主题 | History ; Development and Growth ; Development |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w14783 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/572459 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Nathan Nunn,Leonard Wantchekon. The Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa. 2009. |
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| w14783.pdf（1913KB） | 智库出版物 | 限制开放 | CC BY-NC-SA | 浏览 | ||
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