dc.contributor.author | Ali, Merima | |
dc.contributor.author | Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge | |
dc.contributor.author | Jiang, Boqian | |
dc.contributor.author | Shifa, Abdulaziz B. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-04T08:22:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-01-01 | |
dc.identifier | oai:www.cmi.no:5688 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 2015:16) | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 82-8062-573-0 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 82-8062-573-0 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0804-3639 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0804-3639 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2475306 | |
dc.description.abstract | Ethnicity has received increased attention in studies of Africa's economic and institutional development. We present evidence on the long-term effects of Britain's "divide-and-rule" colonial strategy that deliberately fostered ethnic rivalries to weaken and control locals. Using micro data from Sub-Saharan Africa, we found that citizens of Anglophone (as compared to Francophone) countries are more likely to: (1) attach greater importance to ethnic identity (vis-a-vis national identity); (2) have weaker norms against tax evasion; and (3) face extortion by non state actors. We address endogeneity concerns using IV regression and regression-discontinuity. These results suggest that Britain's divide-and-rule strategy may have undermined state-building. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Chr. Michelsen Institute | |
dc.relation | CMI Working Paper | |
dc.relation | WP 2015:16 | |
dc.relation.ispartof | CMI Working Paper | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | CMI Working Paper WP 2015:16 | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | CMI Working Paper WP 2015:16 | |
dc.relation.uri | https://www.cmi.no/publications/5688-colonial-legacy-state-building-and-the-salience | |
dc.subject | Colonial Legacy | |
dc.subject | Development | |
dc.subject | Ethnicity | |
dc.subject | State Capacity | |
dc.subject | Sub-Saharan | |
dc.subject | Africa | |
dc.subject | Tax | |
dc.subject | Tax Evasion | |
dc.title | Colonial legacy, state-building and the salience of ethnicity in Sub-Saharan Africa | |
dc.type | Working paper | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1677731 | |