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The Effects of the Slave Trades on Literacy Rate in Modern Day Africa # Stata The Effects of the Slave Trades on Literacy Rate in Modern Day Africa I take the relevant portions of the paper that give a general background for its motivation, and the interpretation of my code (i.e. - results). This paper recieved the Robert B. Carson Award at SUNY Oneonta (my alma mater) for the top paper in economics. Additionally, it recieved first place in the New York State Economoics Association undergraduate writring paper. There are certainly shortcomings of my thesis, which I discuss in section 5 of my paper/). Thanks for stopping by! [Abstract]: Studies provide evidence of the impact of the slave trade in Africa and its current underdevelopment. In this paper, I show the slave trade in Africa still affects its current level of literacy rate. I combine data on African literacy rates at the regional level from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) with data on slave export intensity. I find a negative and significant relationship between slave export intensity and the modern literacy rate. I control for the State Fragility Index and find a negative relationship between slave exports and literacy rates. Thus I show the long-term effects of the slave trade and its impacts that persist today. [Empirical Model and Results]: I first examine the relationship between the current literacy rate and slave export intensity using only the measure of literacy rate. My ordinary least squares (OLS) regression follows as: Education=β_0+β_1 Export+e (1) where Education represents the literacy rate or primary education of a given region. Export is the identifier for my slave trade variables. This takes the form of Export/Area or Export/Pop. The variations introduced by Area and Pop account for the ethnic boundaries and populations specified in the Data section. Ordinary least squares (OLS) estimates of the baseline equations for literacy rate are reported in Table 2. Columns (1) – (4) represent the modern literacy rate by region. Column (1) repor …