'How Does Colonial Origin Matter for Economic Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa'

J. Fedderke, N. Viegi, J. Agbor
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This paper investigates some of the existing hypotheses regarding the transmission of different colonial legacies to modern day economic growth. The fact that different colonial strategies were pursued by different colonizers in various territories suggests possible ramifications for current development paths. This paper attempts to understand why economic growth performance is different even among African countries, where former British colonies appear to do marginally better. It focuses on two key channels of transmission, namely education and trade. Thirty-six Sub-Saharan African countries during the period 1960–2000 are considered using Hausman-Taylor estimation techniquein an annualized panel data framework. In contrast with the methodology of previous studieswhere only the initial conditions at independence were held to influence the post-colonialgrowth path, this study attempts to distinguish the direct …/
“殖民起源如何影响撒哈拉以南非洲的经济表现?”
本文调查了关于不同殖民遗产对现代经济增长的传递的一些现有假设。不同的殖民者在不同的领土上采取了不同的殖民战略,这一事实表明,当前的发展道路可能会产生影响。本文试图理解为什么即使在前英国殖民地似乎略好一些的非洲国家之间,经济增长表现也存在差异。它侧重于两个主要传播渠道,即教育和贸易。在年化面板数据框架中使用Hausman-Taylor估计技术考虑了1960-2000年期间36个撒哈拉以南非洲国家。与以往研究的方法相反,只有独立时的初始条件才会影响后殖民增长路径,本研究试图区分直接的…/
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