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The Health Disparities in Africa: Impact of Colonial Institutions on Indigenous Mortality from the 20th Century

Brown, Michael LU (2019) EKHS12 20191
Department of Economic History
Abstract
Colonial institutions, a Miracle or a Mirage? Using an exogenous variation in institutions among countries colonized by Europeans, this thesis investigates 1) the effectiveness of colonial institutions after Independence in two distinct British colonies; the Gold Coast Colony and the Kenya Colony, and 2) whether the persistence of these institutions contributed to the current day health disparities between the colonies. The thesis collates a newly constructed cross-sectional data to show that, the channels of development that the European settlers transferred to their colonies also contributed to developmental disparities between the colonies. The study primarily utilizes an Ordinary Least Square (OLS) Model for the analysis. The findings... (More)
Colonial institutions, a Miracle or a Mirage? Using an exogenous variation in institutions among countries colonized by Europeans, this thesis investigates 1) the effectiveness of colonial institutions after Independence in two distinct British colonies; the Gold Coast Colony and the Kenya Colony, and 2) whether the persistence of these institutions contributed to the current day health disparities between the colonies. The thesis collates a newly constructed cross-sectional data to show that, the channels of development that the European settlers transferred to their colonies also contributed to developmental disparities between the colonies. The study primarily utilizes an Ordinary Least Square (OLS) Model for the analysis. The findings exhibit that, higher incidence of malaria and bad geographical conditions determined the share of Europeans in the colony which translates to the share of developments likely to be transferred to the colony. In effect, in colonies where European colonizers settled, the impact of colonial institutions still persists in their current developmental affairs as indigenous mortality rates reduced significantly. (Less)
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Brown, Michael LU
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EKHS12 20191
year
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H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
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language
English
id
8994136
date added to LUP
2019-10-22 14:46:55
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2019-10-22 14:46:55
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  abstract     = {{Colonial institutions, a Miracle or a Mirage? Using an exogenous variation in institutions among countries colonized by Europeans, this thesis investigates 1) the effectiveness of colonial institutions after Independence in two distinct British colonies; the Gold Coast Colony and the Kenya Colony, and 2) whether the persistence of these institutions contributed to the current day health disparities between the colonies. The thesis collates a newly constructed cross-sectional data to show that, the channels of development that the European settlers transferred to their colonies also contributed to developmental disparities between the colonies. The study primarily utilizes an Ordinary Least Square (OLS) Model for the analysis. The findings exhibit that, higher incidence of malaria and bad geographical conditions determined the share of Europeans in the colony which translates to the share of developments likely to be transferred to the colony. In effect, in colonies where European colonizers settled, the impact of colonial institutions still persists in their current developmental affairs as indigenous mortality rates reduced significantly.}},
  author       = {{Brown, Michael}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Health Disparities in Africa: Impact of Colonial Institutions on Indigenous Mortality from the 20th Century}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}