The Educational Effects of 19th Century Disentailment of Catholic Church Land in Colombia

36 Pages Posted: 29 Sep 2009

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Antonella Fazio

Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

Fabio Sánchez

Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics

Date Written: May 15, 2008

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of land concentration prompted by the distribution of disentailed Church land during the second half of the 19th century on the accumulation of human capital, in early 20th century Colombia. Utilizing existing primary sources on the process of land disentailment and the 1912 National Census, descriptive statistics and econometric evidence show a significant and negative relationship between the amount of disentailed land during the 1870s at municipal level with literacy and school enrollment rates of males in 1912.

Keywords: Disentailment policy, land concentration, institutions, human capital, Colombian history

JEL Classification: N10, N36, N46

Suggested Citation

Fazio, Antonella and Sánchez Torres, Fabio, The Educational Effects of 19th Century Disentailment of Catholic Church Land in Colombia (May 15, 2008). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1479832 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1479832

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Fabio Sánchez Torres

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