Colonial institutions and long-run economic performance in Colombia: is there evidence of persistence?

A recent body of literature has claimed that differences in long-run economic performance within the Americas stem from the different institutional structures established during colonial times. This research tries to find evidence of institutional persistence in Colombia using direct measures of col...

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Autores:
García Jimeno, Camilo
Tipo de recurso:
Work document
Fecha de publicación:
2005
Institución:
Universidad de los Andes
Repositorio:
Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/7967
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/1992/7967
Palabra clave:
Institutions
Institutional persistence
Colonial history
Long-run development
Instituciones socioeconómicas coloniales - Colombia - Período colonial
Resguardos - Colombia - Período colonial
Encomiendas - Colombia - Período colonial
Desarrollo económico - Colombia - Período colonial
Colombia - Historia
N26, N36, N46, O18
Rights
openAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Description
Summary:A recent body of literature has claimed that differences in long-run economic performance within the Americas stem from the different institutional structures established during colonial times. This research tries to find evidence of institutional persistence in Colombia using direct measures of colonial institutions, particularly the intensity of encomiendas, slavery and State presence. The paper deals with the possible endogeneity of colonial institutions developing an instrumental variables strategy based upon colonial institutional design. We find evidence of institutional persistence of encomienda, slavery and State capacity on a series of current socioeconomic outcomes.