Legal heritage and urban slums |
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| Authors: | Per G Fredriksson Satyendra Kumar Gupta Weihua Zhao Jim R Wollscheid |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Economics, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA;2. Department of Economic, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India;3. Department of Economics, University of Arkansas–Fort Smith, Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA |
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| Abstract: | This paper studies the effect of legal origins (common law vs. civil law) on contemporary slum formation in developing countries. First, we provide a cross-country correlation analysis. Second, we provide a regression discontinuity analysis using household data from Cameroon. The results suggest that a common law heritage is associated with a lower probability of slum conditions. The legal philosophies transplanted through colonization appear to be associated with the pattern of contemporary urban housing stocks in developing countries. |
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| Keywords: | Cameroon colonialism land use legal origin slum |
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