Speaker
Tobias Korn
(Leibniz Universität Hannover)
Description
This study examines the effects of the violent repression of independence movements on ethnic politics and social cohesion. We exploit local variation in the intensity of repression to analyze the long-run impacts of British detention camps in 1950s colonial Kenya. Using a rich body of census and survey data and a triple-difference design, we show that exposure to a detention camp increases ethnic voting in the contested 2007 presidential election and erodes contemporary trust. In addition, we show that affected individuals accumulate less wealth, are less literate, and have poorer labor market outcomes three to five decades after the event.
| Keyword | Economic History |
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Authors
Gerda Asmus
(Uni Goettingen)
Richard Bluhm
(University of Stuttgart)
Tobias Korn
(Leibniz Universität Hannover)
