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Did colonisation matter for comparative economic complexity?

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This paper assesses the effect of colonisation on the contemporary economic complexity of ex-settlements countries. Using cross-country OLS regression and General-to-specific modelling we find that settler mortality impact the capability set of former colonies today. This result is robust when we use alternative measure and controlled by historical, economic, socio-cultural and institutional variables.
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hal-03287353 , version 1 (15-07-2021)

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Joseph Keneck-Massil, Youssouf Nvuh-Njoya. Did colonisation matter for comparative economic complexity?. Economics Letters, 2021, 203, ⟨10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109851⟩. ⟨hal-03287353⟩
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