The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa
研究了非洲殖民边界划分导致族群被分割的长期后果，发现被分割族群面临更多政治暴力、政府歧视和经济劣势，揭示了殖民边界设计的破坏性影响。
We explore the consequences of ethnic partitioning, a neglected aspect of the Scramble for Africa, and uncover the following. First, apart from the land mass and water bodies, split and non-split groups are similar across several dimensions. Second, the incidence, severity, and duration of political violence are all higher for partitioned homelands which also experience frequent military interventions from neighboring countries. Third, split groups are often entangled in a vicious circle of government-led discrimination and ethnic wars. Fourth, respondents from survey data identifying with split ethnicities are economically disadvantaged. The evidence highlights the detrimental repercussions of the colonial border design.