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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
The Impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on Ethnic Stratification in Africa
Contributor:
Whatley, Warren;
Gillezeau, Rob
imprint:
American Economic Association, 2011
Published in:American Economic Review
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1257/aer.101.3.571
ISSN:
0002-8282
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:p> In the last 15 years, economists and economic historians have argued that Africa has undergone a “reversal of fortune” and that ethnic fragmentation is a significant cause of Africa's underdevelopment. In this article, we join these narratives by arguing that the transatlantic slave trade increased the degree of ethnic heterogeneity in Africa today. Using both correlational and causal instrumental variables analysis, we find an economically and statistically significant positive relationship between slave exports and ethnic heterogeneity. This relationship is robust to changes in the scheme for drawing ethnic boundaries and the choice of observational unit. </jats:p>