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Title: | Income inequality and export-oriented commercialization in colonial Africa: Evidence from six countries |
Author: | Hillbom, Ellen Bolt, Jutta de Haas, Michiel Tadei, Federico |
Keywords: | Colònies Àfrica Comercialització Ingressos fiscals Exportacions Colonies Africa Commercialization Internal revenue Exports |
Issue Date: | 1-Aug-2024 |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Abstract: | Limited knowledge of African historical inequality trajectories hampers our understanding of inequality outcomes today and leads to a major omission in debates about global inequality. Economies in colonial Africa were characterized by a process of export-oriented commercialization. We hypothesize that this process itself, the capital intensity of the commodities produced, and the relative importance of European and Asian expatriates and settlers in the economy shaped heterogeneous inequality outcomes. (...) |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.13304 |
It is part of: | Economic History Review, 2024, vol. 77, num.3, p. 975-1005 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/214539 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.13304 |
ISSN: | 0013-0117 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Història Econòmica, Institucions, Política i Economia Mundial) |
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