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dc.contributor.authorPAPADIA, Andrea
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-03T10:10:48Z
dc.date.available2019-07-03T10:10:48Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn1830-7728
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/63508
dc.description.abstractBrazil was the largest importer of slaves during the Atlantic slave trade. Yet, the lack of disaggregated data able to capture the intensity of slavery across time and space means that researchers have struggled to identify an economic legacy of the institution. I propose to measure slavery using the presence of communities descended from those founded by runaway slaves: the Quilombos. Combining this measure with municipal level data, I illustrate the adverse impact of slavery on a broad range of indicators of economic development, both while slavery still existed and more than 30 years after its abolition. Additionally, I exploit the creation of communities set up to host newly arrived migrants from Europe to show that European immigration taking place while slavery existed led to better developmental outcomes. This complements the previous finding by indicating that exiting a slavebased economy earlier thanks to an influx of free workers was beneficial for economic development.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.language.isoenen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEUI MWPen
dc.relation.ispartofseries2019/05en
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.subjectSlaveryen
dc.subjectImmigrationen
dc.subjectEconomic Developmenten
dc.subjectState Capacityen
dc.subjectJ15en
dc.subjectN36en
dc.subjectO12en
dc.subjectO43en
dc.titleSlaves, migrants and development in Brazil, 1872-1923en
dc.typeWorking Paperen


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