Is Extraction Bad? Encomienda and Development in Colombia since 1560
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Keywords
Encomienda; forced labor; state capacity; extraction; colonialism; development; Colombia;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
- N36 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Latin America; Caribbean
- N96 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Latin America; Caribbean
- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
- O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth
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