Is extraction bad? : encomienda and development in Colombia since 1560

We explore the impact of encomienda, a forced-labor institution imposed by the Spanish throughout Latin America during three centuries, on long-term development outcomes in Colombia. Despite being a classically extractive institution, municipalities that had encomiendas in 1560 have higher developme...

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Autores:

Faguet, Jean-Paul
Matajira Gaitán, Camilo Andrés
Sánchez Torres, Fabio José

Tipo de recurso:

Work document

Fecha de publicación:

2017

Institución:

Universidad de los Andes

Repositorio:

Séneca: repositorio Uniandes

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/8738

Acceso en línea:

http://hdl.handle.net/1992/8738

Palabra clave:

Encomienda
Forced labor
State capacity
Extraction
Colonialism
Development
Colombia
Instituciones económicas - Investigaciones - Colombia
Encomiendas - Historia - Colombia
Desarrollo económico - Investigaciones - Colombia
H7, N36, N96, O1, O43

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openAccess

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/