Add to ORKGAbstract. I show how abundant land and scarce labor shaped African institutions before colonial rule. I present a model in which exogenous land quality and endogenously evolving population determine the existence of land rights, slavery, and polygyny. I use cross-sectional data on pre-colonial African societies to demonstrate that, as in the model, the existence of land rights, slavery, and polygyny occurred where land was most suitable for agriculture, and where population density was greatest. These results are robust to alternative measures of institutions and historical population, and better fit the data than alternative theories of slavery. 1
The institution of slavery is found mostly at intermediate stages of agricultural development, and l...
The paper examines the claim that a virtuous cycle of more secure land rights, more land-saving inve...
Policy planners in Africa confront an interesting puzzle. At the same time that many African societi...
ABSTRACT. I show that abundant land and scarce labor shaped African institutions before colonial rul...
I show how abundant land and scarce labor shaped African institutions before colonial rule. I presen...
I show how abundant land and scarce labor shaped African institutions before colonial rule. I presen...
The ``land abundance'' view of African history uses sparse population to explain economic institutio...
The “land abundance” view of African history uses sparse population to explain economic institutions...
Land distribution is considered to be one of the main contributors to inequality in pre-industrial s...
Oftentimes the land question is discussed in economic terms. Agricultural relations of production, p...
This dissertation examines the effect of customary institutions on the state’s control over property...
This thesis examines the fundamental role of natural resources in African state-building and develop...
The institution of slavery is found mostly at intermediate stages of agricultural development, and l...
The paper examines the claim that a virtuous cycle of more secure land rights, more land-saving inve...
Policy planners in Africa confront an interesting puzzle. At the same time that many African societi...
ABSTRACT. I show that abundant land and scarce labor shaped African institutions before colonial rul...
I show how abundant land and scarce labor shaped African institutions before colonial rule. I presen...
I show how abundant land and scarce labor shaped African institutions before colonial rule. I presen...
The ``land abundance'' view of African history uses sparse population to explain economic institutio...
The “land abundance” view of African history uses sparse population to explain economic institutions...
Land distribution is considered to be one of the main contributors to inequality in pre-industrial s...
Oftentimes the land question is discussed in economic terms. Agricultural relations of production, p...
This dissertation examines the effect of customary institutions on the state’s control over property...
This thesis examines the fundamental role of natural resources in African state-building and develop...
The institution of slavery is found mostly at intermediate stages of agricultural development, and l...
The paper examines the claim that a virtuous cycle of more secure land rights, more land-saving inve...
Policy planners in Africa confront an interesting puzzle. At the same time that many African societi...