Repartition: Monetary Incentives as a Colonial Policy
(2021) EKHS11 20211Department of Economic History
- Abstract (Swedish)
- This study is concerned with understanding the impacts of the changed incentive structure introduced with the repartition policy in 19th century colonial Greenland. Using archival research, this study shows how the policy was designed to increase industrious behavior and caring for one another by introducing monetary incentives. By transcribing data on catch yield, it is for the first time possible to evaluate the effect of the policy on productivity understood in terms of seal catch yield. The study finds some support for a higher seal catch yield following the introduction of the repartition practice.
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- author
- Braunschweig, Emil Kofoed LU
- supervisor
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- Erik Green LU
- organization
- course
- EKHS11 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Incentives, Colonialism, Arctic, Difference-in-Difference
- language
- English
- id
- 9114304
- date added to LUP
- 2023-06-09 12:10:16
- date last changed
- 2023-06-09 12:10:16
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author = {{Braunschweig, Emil Kofoed}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Repartition: Monetary Incentives as a Colonial Policy}},
year = {{2021}},
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