The Persistence of (Subnational) Fortune : Geography, Agglomeration, and Institutions in the New World

The Persistence of (Subnational) Fortune : Geography, Agglomeration, and Institutions in the New World

Using subnational historical data, this paper establishes the within country persistence of economic activity in the New World over the last half millennium. The paper constructs a data set incorporating measures of pre-colonial population density,...

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Main Authors: Maloney, William F., Caicedo, Felipe Valencia
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURE
AIR
AIR CONDITIONING
AIR TRANSPORT
ARTISANS
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOMES
AVERAGE SHARE
BANKRUPTCY
BASIC NEEDS
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CENSUSES
CIVIL WAR
COMMERCE
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVENESS
CONCENTRATION OF POPULATION
COUNTRY LEVEL
COUNTRY REGRESSIONS
CURRENT POPULATION
DATA SET
DATA SETS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISEASES
DRAINAGE
DRIVING
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC STUDIES
ECONOMICS RESEARCH
ELASTICITY
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
EXISTING POPULATION
EXPLANATORY POWER
EXPORTS
EXTERNALITIES
FARMING AREAS
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FOOD PRODUCTION
FUEL
FUNCTIONAL FORM
FUNCTIONAL FORMS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GEOGRAPHICAL CONTROLS
GROWTH DYNAMICS
GROWTH RATES
GROWTH THEORY
HEAVY RELIANCE
HISTORICAL DATA
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN SETTLEMENT
IMMIGRATION
INCOME DATA
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
INEQUALITY
INFORMATION SYSTEM
INNOVATION
INSTITUTION
LABOR FORCE
LAND TENURE
LARGE POPULATION
LARGE POPULATIONS
LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
LOCAL ECONOMY
LOCALIZATION
MACROECONOMICS
MANUFACTURING
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
MARKET SHARE
MEAN VALUE
MIDDLEMEN
MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
MONETARY ECONOMICS
NATIONAL BOUNDARIES
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL POLICIES
NATIVE POPULATION
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT
NEGATIVE COEFFICIENTS
NEGATIVE CORRELATION
NEGATIVE IMPACT
NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP
NET EFFECT
NETWORKS
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
OPEN ACCESS
PATH DEPENDENCE
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL ECONOMY CONSIDERATIONS
POLITICAL POWER
POPULATION CENTER
POPULATION DENSITIES
POPULATION DENSITY
POPULATION ESTIMATES
POPULATION SETTLEMENTS
POSITIVE COEFFICIENT
POSITIVE CORRELATION
POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRESS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC GOODS
RAILROAD
RAILROADS
RAILWAY
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
REGIONAL LEVEL
REGIONAL POPULATION
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POPULATION
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE
RESPECT
RESULT
ROUTE
ROUTES
SATELLITE
SEA LEVEL
SEX
SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION
SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE
SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP
SITES
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
TAX
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE POLICY
TRANSLATION
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT SERVICES
TRANSPORTATION
TRAUMA
TRUE
TUNNEL
VALUE ADDED
WEALTH
WEB
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/16698910/persistence-subnational-fortune-feography-agglomeration-institutions-new-world
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12047

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/16698910/persistence-subnational-fortune-feography-agglomeration-institutions-new-world
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12047

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