Edwyna Harris
Biographic Data
| ID | 5847724 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edwyna Harris |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edwyna |
| FAMILY NAME | Harris |
| SIGNATURE | HARRIS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1333-1197 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Did Different Rules for Establishing Property Rights in Land Impact Development? Evidence from Colonial South Australia, 1837–1910
In 1837, British authorities used two rules to allocate rights to 999 one-acre parcels in the new town of Adelaide, South Australia. The first 408 acres were allocated by Random Serial Dictator (RSD) rules to British investors who pre-purchased selection rights while the 591 remaining acres were then each sold at auction. Did the allocation rules impact acre development? We find that the institutional shock generated by the rules depressed develo…
South Australia’s employment relief program for assisted immigrants: Promises and reality, 1838-1843
Great Britain established the colony of South Australia (SA) in 1834, requiring that revenues from colonial land sales be used to subsidize passage for emigrants to SA. Their immigration contract required the SA government to provide emigrants unable to find private sector work with employment on public works. We use new data on the compensation of relief workers and private sector workers to examine how the SA unemployment system functioned befo…
Conditions of Successful Land Reform: A Study of M icronesia
During the twentieth century J apan and the U nited S tates attempted land reform in M icronesia. J apan was more successful because a growing population had led to an increasing demand for agricultural products, which could only be met by expanding agriculture across its empire. This required investment in land reform to transfer ownership from common to private rights. Conversely, the Americans faced no such domestic pressures, valuing M icrone…
The Development of Property Rights on Frontiers: Endowments, Norms, and Politics
How do property rights evolve when unoccupied areas attract economic use? Who are the first claimants on the frontier and how do they establish their property rights? When do governments provide de jure property rights? We present a conceptual framework that addresses these questions and apply it to the frontiers of Australia, the United States, and Brazil. Our framework stresses the crucial role of politics as frontiers develop by identifying si…
Colonialism and Long‐run Growth in Australia: An Examination of Institutional Change in Victoria's Water Sector During the Nineteenth Century
Institutional change in water rights in the nineteenth century Australian colony of Victoria raised institutional efficiency, which contributed to long‐run economic growth. High‐quality human capital and the extension of voting rights (franchise) were crucial for efficient institutional change in the water sector. Quality human capital (literacy) appeared to increase the rural population's awareness of the economic impact of the existing structur…
Development and Damage: Water and Landscape Evolution in Victoria, Australia
This paper investigates the interconnection of changes in the institutional framework to promote water development and subsequent alterations to natural landscapes that have occurred over much of Victoria's history. Specifically, a clear correlation is demonstrated between institutional and natural landscape changes, and environmental degradation. Throughout Victoria's history, each phase of water development ushered in by changes to the institut…
The Development of Property Rights on Frontiers: Endowments, Norms, and Politics
How do property rights evolve when unoccupied areas attract economic use? Who are the first claimants on the frontier and how do they establish their property rights? When do governments provide de jure property rights? We present a conceptual framework that addresses these questions and apply it to the frontiers of Australia, the United States, and Brazil. Our framework stresses the crucial role of politics as frontiers develop by identifying si…
Development and Damage: Water and Landscape Evolution in Victoria, Australia
This paper investigates the interconnection of changes in the institutional framework to promote water development and subsequent alterations to natural landscapes that have occurred over much of Victoria's history. Specifically, a clear correlation is demonstrated between institutional and natural landscape changes, and environmental degradation. Throughout Victoria's history, each phase of water development ushered in by changes to the institut…
Development and Damage: Water and Landscape Evolution in Victoria, Australia
This paper investigates the interconnection of changes in the institutional framework to promote water development and subsequent alterations to natural landscapes that have occurred over much of Victoria's history. Specifically, a clear correlation is demonstrated between institutional and natural landscape changes, and environmental degradation. Throughout Victoria's history, each phase of water development ushered in by changes to the institut…
Colonialism and Long‐run Growth in Australia: An Examination of Institutional Change in Victoria's Water Sector During the Nineteenth Century
Institutional change in water rights in the nineteenth century Australian colony of Victoria raised institutional efficiency, which contributed to long‐run economic growth. High‐quality human capital and the extension of voting rights (franchise) were crucial for efficient institutional change in the water sector. Quality human capital (literacy) appeared to increase the rural population's awareness of the economic impact of the existing structur…
The Development of Property Rights on Frontiers: Endowments, Norms, and Politics
How do property rights evolve when unoccupied areas attract economic use? Who are the first claimants on the frontier and how do they establish their property rights? When do governments provide de jure property rights? We present a conceptual framework that addresses these questions and apply it to the frontiers of Australia, the United States, and Brazil. Our framework stresses the crucial role of politics as frontiers develop by identifying si…
Conditions of Successful Land Reform: A Study of M icronesia
During the twentieth century J apan and the U nited S tates attempted land reform in M icronesia. J apan was more successful because a growing population had led to an increasing demand for agricultural products, which could only be met by expanding agriculture across its empire. This required investment in land reform to transfer ownership from common to private rights. Conversely, the Americans faced no such domestic pressures, valuing M icrone…
South Australia’s employment relief program for assisted immigrants: Promises and reality, 1838-1843
Great Britain established the colony of South Australia (SA) in 1834, requiring that revenues from colonial land sales be used to subsidize passage for emigrants to SA. Their immigration contract required the SA government to provide emigrants unable to find private sector work with employment on public works. We use new data on the compensation of relief workers and private sector workers to examine how the SA unemployment system functioned befo…
Did Different Rules for Establishing Property Rights in Land Impact Development? Evidence from Colonial South Australia, 1837–1910
In 1837, British authorities used two rules to allocate rights to 999 one-acre parcels in the new town of Adelaide, South Australia. The first 408 acres were allocated by Random Serial Dictator (RSD) rules to British investors who pre-purchased selection rights while the 591 remaining acres were then each sold at auction. Did the allocation rules impact acre development? We find that the institutional shock generated by the rules depressed develo…
Political science (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Australian History and Society (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Property rights (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works)