Institutions, Local Agency, and Allegiance: Healthcare Provision in Colonial India

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Caum-Julio, Jordi
• 署名单位: University of Barcelona
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-0507
• DOI: 10.1017/S0022050725000130
• 发表日期: 2026
• 关键词: history; REEXAMINATION; education; medicine; BANERJEE; legacy; IYER

摘要

This paper uses a novel georeferenced cross-sectional dataset to explore which factors influenced the funding of hospitals and dispensaries in colonial India, emphasizing land tenure systems as a cause of regional variation. Where land was owned by cultivators, healthcare facilities received more resources from local public bodies and were better funded compared to regions where land was owned by landlords. In contrast, in landlord regions they received more private donations and subscriptions from Indians.