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The Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa. A Replication Study of Nunn and Wantchekon (2011)

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Nunn & Wantchekon (2011) detect a long-lasting impact of the slave trade on current trust levels across ethnic groups in Africa. They use data from Afrobarometer's wave 3 to construct trust measures. While I can perfectly replicate the original OLS and 2SLS findings in this wave starting from the same raw data, using data from more recent waves which were collected after the paper was published, I fail to replicate some of the paper's central findings. Plausible explanations are discussed

Source: RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

DOI: 10.18718/81781.40

Author: Zanella, Giulio

Institution: University of Bologna

Language: English

Topic: Culture, Economy, and Development Studies

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4414599832