History, social divisions, and public goods in rural India
History, social divisions, and public goods in rural India
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DOI：
10.1162/jeea.2005.3.2-3.639
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发表时间：
2005-04-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Somanathan, R
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作者：
Banerjee, A;Iyer, L;Somanathan, R
我们考察了三个历史上重要的社会分化来源对印度农村公共产品可获得性的影响：殖民权力、由土地保有制决定的土地所有者-农民关系、基于印度教种姓制度的社会分裂以及相当大的宗教少数群体的存在。使用1991年以来的公共产品数据，我们发现，在独立前处于英国殖民统治下的地区和那些土地权力集中在地主手中的地区，以及社会高度分裂的地区，获得这些产品的机会较低。
We examine the influence of three historically important sources of social divisions on the availability of public goods in rural India: colonial power, landowner-peasant relations as determined by the land tenure system and social fragmentation based on the Hindu caste system and the presence of sizable religious minorities. Using data on public goods from 1991, we find that regions that were under British colonial power in the pre-independence period and those where agrarian power was concentrated in the hands of landlords have lower access to these goods as do areas with high levels of social fragmentation.