Replication data for: The Long-Term Effects of the Printing Press in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Project Citation:

Cage´, Julia, and Rueda, Valeria. Replication data for: The Long-Term Effects of the Printing Press in Sub-Saharan Africa. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113619V1

Project Description

Summary: This article investigates the long-term consequences of the printing press in the nineteenth century sub-Saharan Africa on social capital nowadays. Protestant missionaries were the first to import the printing press and to allow the indigenous population to use it. We build a new geocoded dataset locating Protestant missions in 1903. This dataset includes, for each mission station, the geographic location and its characteristics, as well as the printing-, educational-, and health-related investments undertaken by the mission. We show that, within regions close to missions, proximity to a printing press is associated with higher newspaper readership, trust, education, and political participation.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      L82 Entertainment; Media
      N37 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Africa; Oceania
      N77 Economic History: Transport, Trade, Energy, Technology, and Other Services: Africa; Oceania
      N97 Regional and Urban History: Africa; Oceania
      O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
      O43 Institutions and Growth
      Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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