Replication: Did the colonial mita cause a population collapse? What current surnames reveal in Peru

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Miguel Angel Carpio, Universidad de Piura; María Eugenia Guerrero, Universidad de Piura

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Project Citation: 

Carpio, Miguel Angel, and Guerrero, María Eugenia. Replication: Did the colonial mita cause a population collapse? What current surnames reveal in Peru. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-09-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/E145423V2

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This is the replication package for our paper titled "Did the colonial mita cause a population collapse? What current surnames reveal in Peru". We present quantitative evidence that the mita introduced by the Spanish crown in 1573 caused the decimation of the native-born male population. The mass baptisms after the conquest of Peru in 1532 resulted in the assignation of surnames for the first time. We argue that past mortality displacement and mass out-migration were responsible for differences in the surnames observed in mita and non-mita districts today. Using a regression discontinuity and data from the Peruvian Electoral Roll of 2011, we find that mita districts have 47 log points fewer surnames than non-mita districts, 65 log points fewer surnames that are present in only one district, and 93 log points fewer surnames that are solely present in one area (mita or non-mita).

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Spanish colonization of the Americas; Population decline; Colonial mita
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Peru
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1573 – 1812
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 1572 – 2011
Universe:  View help for Universe Male labor force in communities subject to the Mita.
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; census/enumeration data; geographic information system (GIS) data; survey data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source
  • Electoral Roll of 2011. Obtained from the Oficina Nacional de Procesos Electorales of Peru.
  • Geographic and historical data from Dell (2010). Obtained from Melissa Dell's website.
  • Japanese migration. Obtained from the "Pioneers" project of the Asociación Peruano Japonesa of Peru.
  • Internal migration. Obtained from the 1981 and 2007 Peru Censuses, conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática of Peru.

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