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The Persistent Effects of Peru's Mining Mita
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This paper used regression discontinuity to examine the long-run impacts of the mita, an extensive forced mining labor system in effect in Peru and Bolivia between 1573 and 1812.Abstract:
This study utilizes regression discontinuity to examine the long-run impacts of the mita, an extensive forced mining labor system in effect in Peru and Bolivia between 1573 and 1812. Results indicate that a mita effect lowers household consumption by around 25% and increases the prevalence of stunted growth in children by around six percentage points in subjected districts today. Using data from the Spanish Empire and Peruvian Republic to trace channels of institutional persistence, I show that the mita's influence has persisted through its impacts on land tenure and public goods provision. Mita districts historically had fewer large landowners and lower educational attainment. Today, they are less integrated into road networks, and their residents are substantially more likely to be subsistence farmers.read more
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Unobservable Selection and Coefficient Stability: Theory and Evidence
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Pre-colonial Ethnic Institutions and Contemporary African Development
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Reversal of fortune: geography and institutions in the making of the modern world income distribution*
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the reversal in relative incomes of colonized countries during the past 500 years resulted from societies with good institutions taking advantage of the opportunity to industrialize.
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GMM estimation with cross sectional dependence
TL;DR: In this paper, a spatial model of dependence among agents using a metric of economic distance is presented, which provides cross-sectional data with a structure similar to that provided by the time index in time-series data.