2017
DOI: 10.1017/s0022050717000699
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European Trade, Colonialism, and Human Capital Accumulation in Senegal, Gambia and Western Mali, 1770–1900

Abstract: We trace the development of human capital in today's Senegal, Gambia, and Western Mali between 1770 and 1900. European trade, slavery, and early colonialism were linked to human capital formation, but this connection appears to have been heterogeneous. The contact with the Atlantic slave trade increased regional divergence, as the coast of Senegambia developed more quickly than inner areas. This pattern was affected by French early colonialism and by the reaction of different West African populations to the ec… Show more

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“…Bales, Trodd, and Williamson (2009, p.63) argue that modern slavery distorts local economies in two ways (1) slave labourers can drag down the wages of free workers in the same sector they work in, and (2) slavery distorts economies by removing slaves and their families from the role of consumers in local economies. On top of that, modern slavery creates inter-generational poverty (Dowlah, 2021), as slavery deprives its victims of opportunities for education, training, and other human capital building, which has long-term effects on their ability to generate income; girls, women, and children are particularly impacted by this (Baten andCappelli, 2017 cited in Dowlah, 2021, p.60). Another factor that is related to the negative impact of modern slavery and economic underdevelopment is, as Faure (2015, p.5) mentions, the fact that by preventing the State from receiving income tax on the wages that enslaved people should have rightfully received and consumption tax from their foregone consumption, it lowers tax revenues.…”
Section: Modern Slavery and The Global Economymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Bales, Trodd, and Williamson (2009, p.63) argue that modern slavery distorts local economies in two ways (1) slave labourers can drag down the wages of free workers in the same sector they work in, and (2) slavery distorts economies by removing slaves and their families from the role of consumers in local economies. On top of that, modern slavery creates inter-generational poverty (Dowlah, 2021), as slavery deprives its victims of opportunities for education, training, and other human capital building, which has long-term effects on their ability to generate income; girls, women, and children are particularly impacted by this (Baten andCappelli, 2017 cited in Dowlah, 2021, p.60). Another factor that is related to the negative impact of modern slavery and economic underdevelopment is, as Faure (2015, p.5) mentions, the fact that by preventing the State from receiving income tax on the wages that enslaved people should have rightfully received and consumption tax from their foregone consumption, it lowers tax revenues.…”
Section: Modern Slavery and The Global Economymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To address this problem, we take historical 100-year coal mining as an example and highlight how inclusive mining activity has helped modernize China by facilitating the introduction of modern education systems, which has had an impact on long-term human capital accumulation. Third, this paper adds to the strand of literature studying the economic consequences of colonialism (Austin, 2010;Cappelli & Baten, 2017). In China, this is referred to as the West's foray.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Peanut production in Senegal was based on free labor in the XX century. In the XIX, forms of forced labor were also used(Moitt, 1989;Cappelli and Baten, 2017).…”
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confidence: 99%