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3.1 Introduction 3.1 Introduction
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3.2 Historical Background 3.2 Historical Background
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3.2.1 From Colonization to Independence 3.2.1 From Colonization to Independence
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3.2.1.0.1 German Kamerun (1884–1916) 3.2.1.0.1 German Kamerun (1884–1916)
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3.2.1.0.2 British Cameroons (1916–1961) and French Cameroons (1916–1960) 3.2.1.0.2 British Cameroons (1916–1961) and French Cameroons (1916–1960)
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3.2.2 The Post-Independence Era: A Francophone-Dominated State 3.2.2 The Post-Independence Era: A Francophone-Dominated State
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3.3 Data and Descriptive Statistics 3.3 Data and Descriptive Statistics
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3.3.1 Individual Level Data 3.3.1 Individual Level Data
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3.3.2 Ethnicity Level Data 3.3.2 Ethnicity Level Data
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3.3.3 Pixel-Level Data 3.3.3 Pixel-Level Data
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3.4 Identification Strategy 3.4 Identification Strategy
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3.5 Findings 3.5 Findings
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3.5.1 The Long-term Impacts of Colonial Origins 3.5.1 The Long-term Impacts of Colonial Origins
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3.5.1.0.1 Education. 3.5.1.0.1 Education.
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3.5.1.0.2 Labor Force Participation. 3.5.1.0.2 Labor Force Participation.
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3.5.1.0.3 Infant Mortality. 3.5.1.0.3 Infant Mortality.
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3.5.2 The Interplay between Colonial Origins and Postcolonial Institutions 3.5.2 The Interplay between Colonial Origins and Postcolonial Institutions
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3.5.3 Cameroon’s Anglophone Minority versus Nigeria 3.5.3 Cameroon’s Anglophone Minority versus Nigeria
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3.6 Conclusion 3.6 Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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References References
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Data Appendix Data Appendix
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3 The Interplay Between Colonial History and Postcolonial Institutions: evidence from cameroon
Get accessMarie Christelle Mabeu, Stanford University
Roland Pongou, University of Ottawa
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Published:26 January 2023
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Abstract
We study the long-term impacts of Cameroon’s colonial history and its interplay with postcolonial institutions. We exploit both the arbitrary division of the German Colony of Kamerun between France and Britain after the First World War and the 1961 reunification of British Southern Cameroons and French Cameroon. Comparing individuals from the same ethnic homeland but living on either side of the British-French border within Cameroon, we find that individuals on the British side had higher educational attainment before the reunification, but that this initial advantage was partially erased by post-reunification governance. Despite achieving higher educational attainment overall, individuals on the British side have worse employment outcomes and roughly similar infant mortality rates. We provide further evidence of the interaction between colonial origins and postcolonial institutions by analyzing how the outcomes of individuals in former Southern Cameroons differ from their hypothetical outcomes, had they instead opted to join Nigeria in the 1961 plebiscite. We find that they have lower educational attainment, higher infant mortality rates, and worse employment outcomes relative to their co-ethnics living on the Nigerian side of the border between Southern Cameroons and Nigeria.
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