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Colonisation, School and Development in Africa. An empirical analysis

Cogneau, Denis - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2003

Macroeconomic data on 45 countries are combined with microeconomic data on 4 case-study countries to reveal signifi cant differences in the levels of education attained under the different colonial powers in Africa during the colonial period. In 1960, former British colonies exhibited higher...

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Colonization, Institutions and Inequality. A Note on Some Suggestive Evidence

Cogneau, Denis; Guénard, Charlotte - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2003

What is the kind of institutions that affect economic inequalities? Using a database on national income inequality for 73 non-European countries, we show that 'good governance' not only contributes to the level of income but also to a more equal distribution by increasing the income share of the...

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Migrations internationales, libre-échange et intégration régionale

Cogneau, Denis; Tapinos, Georges - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2000

public transfers, call for a change in perspective and suggest considering from now on migration and development as to … separate problems. Development is a self-sufficient goal for the whole society while emigration is an individual choice which … may reflect a lack of confidence in national development prospects. …

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Equality of opportunity and other equity principles in the context of developing countries

Cogneau, Denis - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2005

appears to be back on the ‘development agenda’. Nowadays the term equity tends to be most often associated with the equality …

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Family Income and Child Outcomes: The 1990 Cocoa Price Shock in Cote d’Ivoire

Cogneau, Denis; Jedwab, Rémi - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008

We study the drastic cut of the administered cocoa producer price in 1990 Cote d’Ivoire and investigate the extent to which cocoa producers’ children suﬀered from this severe income shock in terms of school enrollment, increased labor, height stature and sickness. Comparing pre-crisis...

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The Political Dimension of Inequality During Economic Development

Cogneau, Denis - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

European Enlightenment thinkers were right in stressing the political dimension of inequality, rather than referring to "natural differences" as some others did after them in the 19th or 20th centuries. Drawing from recent theoretical and empirical contributions in social sciences and in...

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