The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa

We examine the long-run consequences of ethnic partitioning, a neglected aspect of the Scramble for Africa, and uncover the following regularities. First, apart from the land mass and presence of water bodies, historical homelands of split and non-split groups are similar across many observable

本研究考察了瓜分非洲（Scramble for Africa）中一个被忽视的面向——族群分割（ethnic partitioning）的长期影响，并揭示出如下规律。其一，除却陆地面积与水体分布之外，被分割族群与未被分割族群的传统聚居地在诸多可观测维度上均呈现相似性。