Can colonial institutions explain differences in labour returns? Evidence from rural colonial India
研究了英属印度土地税收制度与农业劳动回报的关系，发现非地主土地税制地区相对工资更高，接近平均收入，这主要源于土地集中度的差异。
Abstract This paper studies the relationship between land revenue systems and returns to agricultural labour in colonial India. I provide the first district‐level comparative estimates of agricultural labour returns relative to average income, on the basis of wage/income ratios for 1916. I then use those estimates to analyse the impact of the land revenue systems established by the British colonial authorities. Results show that districts with a larger proportion of non‐landlord land revenue systems presented higher relative wages, closer to the average income. This effect was mainly driven by differences in land concentration connected to the type of landownership introduced by land revenue systems.