In my dissertation, I explore how colonial land institutions influenced both income inequality and the provision and funding of hospitals in colonial India. To do so, I present the first income inequality estimates assessing its evolution and levels across provinces and districts as well as a novel georeferenced hospital-level database. Findings suggest that the introduction of different colonial landownership rights—granting landownership and land revenue liability either to intermediaries or cultivators—explain differences in agricultural income inequality across districts and correlate with its evolution. These different landownership rights also affected the funding of hospitals through its interaction with local agency.

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印度殖民时期的土地收入、不平等和发展（1880-1910）

在我的论文中，我探讨了殖民地土地制度如何影响殖民地印度的收入不平等以及医院的供应和资助。为此，我提出了第一个收入不平等估计，评估了各省和地区的演变和水平，以及一个新颖的地理参考医院级数据库。研究结果表明，引入不同的殖民地土地所有权——将土地所有权和土地收入责任授予中介机构或耕种者——解释了各地区农业收入不平等的差异，并与其演变相关。这些不同的土地所有权也通过与当地机构的互动影响了医院的资金筹措。