Staple Products, Linkages, and Development: Evidence from Argentina

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Universidad de Santiago de Chile
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-0507
• DOI: 10.1017/S0022050721000383
• 发表日期: 2021
• 页码: 723-762
• 关键词: agricultural productivity; UNITED-STATES; INEQUALITY; GROWTH; institutions; population; emergence; patterns; england; ECONOMY

摘要

We investigate how historical patterns of primary production influenced development across local economies in Argentina. Our identification strategy exploits exogenous variation in the composition of primary production induced by climatic features. We find that locations specializing in ranching had weaker linkages with other activities, higher concentration in land ownership, lower population density, and less immigration than cereal-producing areas. Over time, ranching localities continued to exhibit lower population density, and they experienced relatively sluggish industrialization. Ultimately, ranching specialization had large negative effects on long-run levels of income per capita and human capital.