Direct versus indirect colonial rule in India
Subtitle: long-term consequences
By: Lakshmi Iyer
Contributors: Harvard Business School
Edition: Rev.
Series: Working paper / Harvard Business School -- 05-041; Working paper (Harvard Business School) -- 05-041
Publisher: Harvard Business School
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston]
Number of pages: 59
Description: 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.
Notes: "Revised November 2008"--Publisher's website.

Revision of: The long-term impact of colonial rule: evidence from India. c2004.

Includes bibliographical references.