(De facto) Historical Ethnic Borders and Land Tenure in Sub-Saharan Africa
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- Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio & Özak, Ömer, 2024. "(De facto) historical ethnic borders and land tenure in Sub-Saharan Africa," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 243(C).
- Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio & Özak, Ömer, 2023. "(De facto) Historical Ethnic Borders and Land Tenure in Sub-Saharan Africa," GLO Discussion Paper Series 1261, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
- Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio & Özak, Ömer, 2023. "(De Facto) Historical Ethnic Borders and Land Tenure in Sub-Saharan Africa," IZA Discussion Papers 16047, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Emilio Depetris-Chauvin & Ömer Özak, 2023. "(De facto) Historical Ethnic Borders and Land Tenure in Sub-Saharan Africa," Departmental Working Papers 2304, Southern Methodist University, Department of Economics.
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Keywords
Land ownership; Land Tenure; Borders; Property Rights; Historical Homelands; Development; Africa; Voronoi Tessellation; Thiessen Tessellation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
- N57 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - Africa; Oceania
- O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
- O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth
- P48 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies
- Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
- Q34 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - Natural Resources and Domestic and International Conflicts
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