Replication data for: The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Stelios Michalopoulos; Elias Papaioannou
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Project Citation:
Michalopoulos, Stelios, and Papaioannou, Elias. Replication data for: The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112954V1
Project Description
Summary:
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We explore the consequences of ethnic partitioning, a neglected aspect of the Scramble for Africa, and uncover the following. First, apart from the land mass and water bodies, split and non-split groups are similar across several dimensions. Second, the incidence, severity, and duration of political violence are all higher for partitioned homelands which also experience frequent military interventions from neighboring countries. Third, split groups are often entangled in a vicious circle of government-led discrimination and ethnic wars. Fourth, respondents from survey data identifying with split ethnicities are economically disadvantaged. The evidence highlights the detrimental repercussions of the colonial border design.
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
D74 Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
F51 International Conflicts; Negotiations; Sanctions
J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
D74 Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
F51 International Conflicts; Negotiations; Sanctions
J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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