Income inequality and export-oriented commercialization in colonial Africa: Evidence from six countries

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 t...

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Autores: Hillbom, Ellen, Bolt, Jutta, De Haas, Michiel, Tadei, Federico
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Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
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Palabra clave:Colònies
Exportacions
Comercialització
Ingressos fiscals
Àfrica
Colonies
Exports
Commercialization
Internal revenue
Africa
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spelling Income inequality and export-oriented commercialization in colonial Africa: Evidence from six countriesHillbom, EllenBolt, JuttaDe Haas, MichielTadei, FedericoColòniesExportacionsComercialitzacióIngressos fiscalsÀfricaColoniesExportsCommercializationInternal revenueAfricaLimited 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. (...)Wiley2024202420242024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion31 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/214539Articles publicats en revistes (Història Econòmica, Institucions, Política i Economia Mundial)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.13304Economic History Review, 2024, vol. 77, num.3, p. 975-1005https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.13304(c) Economic History Society, 2024http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/2145392026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Income inequality and export-oriented commercialization in colonial Africa: Evidence from six countries
title Income inequality and export-oriented commercialization in colonial Africa: Evidence from six countries
spellingShingle Income inequality and export-oriented commercialization in colonial Africa: Evidence from six countries
Hillbom, Ellen
Colònies
Exportacions
Comercialització
Ingressos fiscals
Àfrica
Colonies
Exports
Commercialization
Internal revenue
Africa
title_short Income inequality and export-oriented commercialization in colonial Africa: Evidence from six countries
title_full Income inequality and export-oriented commercialization in colonial Africa: Evidence from six countries
title_fullStr Income inequality and export-oriented commercialization in colonial Africa: Evidence from six countries
title_full_unstemmed Income inequality and export-oriented commercialization in colonial Africa: Evidence from six countries
title_sort Income inequality and export-oriented commercialization in colonial Africa: Evidence from six countries
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Hillbom, Ellen
Bolt, Jutta
De Haas, Michiel
Tadei, Federico
author Hillbom, Ellen
author_facet Hillbom, Ellen
Bolt, Jutta
De Haas, Michiel
Tadei, Federico
author_role author
author2 Bolt, Jutta
De Haas, Michiel
Tadei, Federico
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Colònies
Exportacions
Comercialització
Ingressos fiscals
Àfrica
Colonies
Exports
Commercialization
Internal revenue
Africa
topic Colònies
Exportacions
Comercialització
Ingressos fiscals
Àfrica
Colonies
Exports
Commercialization
Internal revenue
Africa
description 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. (...)
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