History, Social Divisions, and Public Goods in Rural India
利用1991年数据，考察殖民统治、土地制度及种姓与宗教分裂对印度农村公共品供给的影响，发现英国殖民地区、地主控制地区及社会分化严重地区公共品可得性更低。
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.