Transcription of Econometrica, Vol. 78, No. 6 (November, 2010), 1863–1903
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Econometrica, Vol. 78, No. 6 (November, 2010), 1863–1903
Econometrica, Vol. 78, No. 6 ( november , 2010), 1863 1903 THE PERSISTENT EFFECTS OF PERU S MININGMITABYMELISSADELL1 This study utilizes regression discontinuity to examine the long-run impacts of themita, an extensive forced mining labor system in effect in Peru and Bolivia between1573 and 1812. Results indicate that amitaeffect lowers household consumption byaround 25% and increases the prevalence of stunted growth in children by around 6percentage points in subjected districts today. Using data from the Spanish Empire andPeruvian Republic to trace channels of institutional persistence, I show that themita sinfluence has persisted through its impacts on land tenure and public goods historically had fewer large landowners and lower educational , they are less integrated into road networks and their residents are substantiallymore likely to be subsistence : Forced labor, land tenure, public ROLE OF HISTORICAL INSTITUTIONSin explaining contemporary underde-velopment has generated significant debate in recent find quan-titative support for an impact of history on current economic outcomes (Nunn(2008), Glaeser and Shleifer(2002), Acem)
Econometrica, Vol. 78, No. 6 (November, 2010), 1863–1903 THE PERSISTENT EFFECTS OF PERU’S MINING MITA BY MELISSA DELL1 This study utilizes regression discontinuity to examine the long-run impacts of the mita, an extensive forced mining labor system in effect in Peru and Bolivia between 1573 and 1812.
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