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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2017
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
School of Economics Discussion Papers No. 1717
Verlag: 
University of Kent, School of Economics, Canterbury
Zusammenfassung: 
Do factor endowments explain serfdom? Domar (1970) conjectured that high land-labor ratios caused serfdom by increasing incentives to coerce labor. But historical evidence is mixed and quantitative analyses are lacking. Using the Acemoglu-Wolitzky (2011) framework and controlling for political economy variables by studying a specific serf society, we analyze 11,349 Bohemian serf villages in 1757. The net effect of higher land-labor ratios was indeed to increase coercion. The effect greatly increased when animal labor was included, and diminished as land-labor ratios rose. Controlling for other variables, factor endowments significantly influenced serfdom. Institutions, we conclude, are shaped partly by economic fundamentals.
Schlagwörter: 
serfdom
land-labor ratio
institutions
labor coercion
rural-urban interaction
JEL: 
J47
N33
O43
P48
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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