Constructive extraction? Encomienda, the colonial state, and development in Colombia
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Keywords
EncomiendaForced laborState capacityExtractionColonialismDevelopmentColombia;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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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2022-06-13 (Development)
- NEP-GRO-2022-06-13 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-HIS-2022-06-13 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-URE-2022-06-13 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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