Direct versus Indirect Colonial Rule in India: Long-term Consequences

Lakshmi Iyer

No 05-041, Harvard Business School Working Papers from Harvard Business School

Abstract: This paper compares economic outcomes across areas in India which were under direct British colonial rule with areas which were under indirect colonial rule. Controlling for selective annexation using a specific policy rule, I find that areas which experienced direct rule have significantly lower levels of access to schools, health centers and roads in the post-colonial period. I find evidence that the quality of governance in the colonial period has a significant persistent effect on post-colonial outcomes.

Keywords: colonial rule; development; public goods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N45 O11 P16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 59 pages
Date: 2005-01, Revised 2008-11
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cwa, nep-dev and nep-his
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