作者：Faguet, Jean-Paul; Matajira, Camilo; Sanchez, Fabio
作者单位：University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)
摘要：The Spanish encomienda, a colonial forced-labour institution that lasted three centuries, killed many indigenous people and caused others to flee into nomadism. What were its long-term effects? We digitise a great deal of historical data from the mid-1500s onwards, impute pre-Hispanic populations at the municipal level and reconstruct the Spanish conquerors' route through Colombia using detailed topographical features to calculate their least-cost path. We show that Colombian municipalities wi...
作者：Chaudhary, Latika; Iyer, Lakshmi
作者单位：United States Department of Defense; United States Navy; Naval Postgraduate School; University of Notre Dame
摘要：We examine the human development consequences of transferring responsibility for public service provision from state to local governments in India using state-level variation in the timing of administrative decentralisation reforms. We find that devolving responsibility for health and education functions does not improve child mortality or school completion. Further, partial devolution of service responsibility without concomitant authority over personnel or taxation results in a significant w...
