Pre-Colonial Ethnic Institutions and Contemporary African Development
Sun, 07/29/2012This paper investigates the role of deep-rooted pre-colonial ethnic institutions in shaping comparative regional development within African countries. The authors find that regional...
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Sun, 11/18/2012This paper explores the consequences and origins of contemporary differences in well-being across ethnic groups within countries. The authors show that ethnic inequality is strongly...
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Accounting for the ethnic unemployment gap in France and the US
Accounting for the ethnic unemployment gap in France and the US Laurent Gobillon, Peter Rupert, Étienne Wasmer23 July 2013The unemployment rate in France is roughly six percentage points higher for...
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Race as a choice
Is race a choice? Emily Nix, Nancy Qian26 January 2015Race is usually treated as a fixed, exogenous characteristic in academic studies and policy discussions, but a growing body of evidence calls this...
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Measuring ethnic preferences: New experimental evidence
Measuring ethnic preferences: New experimental evidence Lars Ivar Oppedal Berge, Kjetil Bjorvatn, Simon Galle, Edward Miguel, Daniel Posner, Bertil Tungodden, Kelly Zhang11 February 2016Ethnic...
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The political economy of culture and ethnicity
Breakdowns of social consensus: The political economy of culture and ethnicity Klaus Desmet, Ignacio Ortuño-Ortin, Romain Wacziarg31 July 2016The current refugee crisis has highlighted the importance...
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The more we mix, the better
Diversity and public goods: The more we mix, the better Klaus Desmet, Joseph Flavian Gomes, Ignacio Ortuño-Ortin17 March 2017Diverse countries tend to have more conflict, lower development, and worse...
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