%0 Report
        %A Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio
%A Özak, Ömer
        %T (De Facto) Historical Ethnic Borders and Land Tenure in Sub-Saharan Africa
        %D 2023
        %8 2023 Mar
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 16047
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp16047
        %X We study the role of proximity to historical ethnic borders in determining individual land ownership in Sub-Saharan Africa. Following an instrumental variable strategy, we document that individuals have a lower likelihood of owning land near historical ethnic borders. In particular, the likelihood of owning land decreases by 15 percentage points, i.e., about 1/3 of the mean rate of landownership, for rural migrants who move from 57km (90th percentile) to 2 km (10th percentile) from the border. This result aligns with the view that competition for land is stronger and property rights are weaker close to historical ethnic borders in Sub-Saharan Africa.
        %K Voronoi Tessellation
%K Africa
%K development
%K historical homelands
%K property rights
%K borders
%K land ownership
%K Thiessen Tessellation