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Pré-publication, Document de travail |
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The long Term Effects of the Printing Press in Sub Saharan Africa
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| Résumé |
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This article delves into the relationship between newspaper readership and civic attitudes, and its e↵ect on economic development. To this end, we investigate the long-term consequences of the introduction of the printing press in the 19th century. In sub-Saharan Africa, Protestant missionaries were the first both to import the printing press technology and to allow the indigenous population to use it. We build a new geocoded dataset locating Protestant missions in 1903. This dataset includes, for each mission station, the geographic location and its characteristics, as well as the educational and health-related investments undertaken by the mission. We show that, within regions located close to missions, proximity to a printing press significantly increases newspaper readership today. We also document a strong association between proximity to a printing press and contemporary economic development. Our results are robust to a variety of identification strategies.
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Auteur(s)
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Julia Cage
1, 2, 3
, Valeria Rueda
4
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PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne ( 7550 )
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École normale supérieure - Paris ( 59704 )
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Université Paris Sciences et Lettres ( 564132 )
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École des hautes études en sciences sociales ( 99539 )
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École des Ponts ParisTech ( 301545 )
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( 441569 )
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Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement ( 577435 )
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PSE -
Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 139754 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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École normale supérieure - Paris ( 59704 )
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Université Paris Sciences et Lettres ( 564132 )
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Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique USC1336 ( 92114 )
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École des hautes études en sciences sociales ( 99539 )
;
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École des Ponts ParisTech ( 301545 )
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR8545 ( 441569 )
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Harvard University
( 38302 )
- Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138
- États-Unis
4
Sciences Po -
Sciences Po
( 301587 )
- 27, rue Saint-Guillaume - 75337 Paris cedex 07
- France
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| Langue du document |
Anglais
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| Date de production/écriture |
2013-07
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| Audience |
Non spécifiée
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| Domaine(s) |
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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
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| Référence interne |
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PSE Working Papers n°2013-22
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| Mots-clés (JEL) |
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N - Economic History/N.N3 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy/N.N3.N37 - Africa • Oceania
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N - Economic History/N.N7 - Transport, Trade, Energy, Technology, and Other Services/N.N7.N77 - Africa • Oceania
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O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O3 - Innovation • Research and Development • Technological Change • Intellectual Property Rights/O.O3.O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences • Diffusion Processes
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Z - Other Special Topics/Z.Z1 - Cultural Economics • Economic Sociology • Economic Anthropology/Z.Z1.Z12 - Religion
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Z - Other Special Topics/Z.Z1 - Cultural Economics • Economic Sociology • Economic Anthropology/Z.Z1.Z13 - Economic Sociology • Economic Anthropology • Language • Social and Economic Stratification
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D - Microeconomics/D.D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making/D.D7.D72 - Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
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| Mots-clés |
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Historical persistence, Printing press, Protestant missions, Newspaper readership, Political participation, Economic development
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