This paper studies the persistent effect on social unrest of the Mining Mita— a colonial forced labor and migration institution that affected indigenous communities in Peru between 1573 to 1811. Using a geographical regression discontinuity design, we provide causal evidence that Mita areas...

This study presents compositional data on eighty four samples of tin enameled wares (majolica) from Spanish colonial periods contexts of two regions (north coast and south-central highlands) in the Peruvian Andes. Through Laser-Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS),...

"This volume explores institutional change and performance in the resource-rich Andean countries during the last resource-boom and in the early post-boom years. The latest global commodity boom has profoundly marked the face of the resource-rich Andean region, significantly contributing to...