Ethnic Inequality

This study explores the consequences and origins of between-ethnicity inequality for a large sample of countries. First, combining satellite images of nighttime luminosity with the homelands of ethnolinguistic groups, we construct measures of ethnic inequality. Second, we uncover a strong inverse as...

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Published in:The Journal of political economy 2016-04, Vol.124 (2), p.428-488
Main Authors: Alesina, Alberto, Michalopoulos, Stelios, Papaioannou, Elias
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
1990-2012
Correlation analysis
Economic theory
Endowment
Ethnicity
Ethnolinguistic groups
Ethnolinguistics
Geography
Homelands
Inequality
Minority & ethnic groups
Political economy
Racial differences
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