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Mariani, Fabio; Mercier, Marion; Verdier, Thierry - 2016

We build a model of conflict in which two groups contest a resource and must decide on the optimal allocation of labor … involved in the conflict by transferring financial resources to its origin country. We find that the diaspora influences the … conflict equilibrium, the two groups of residents prefer to negotiate a peaceful settlement if there exists a sharing rule that …

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Minority salience and political extremism

Colussi, Tommaso; Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Pestel, Nico - 2016

This paper studies electoral effects of exposure to religious minorities in the context of Muslim communities in Germany. Using unique data on mosques' construction and election results across municipalities over the period 1980-2013, we find that the presence of a mosque increases political...

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Investing in influence : how minority interests can prevail in a democracy

Skaperdas, Stergios; Vaidya, Samarth - 2021

How can the West's economic and political polarization be explained? We argue that persuasive lobbying at various …

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The war in Europe : economic costs of the Ukrainian conflict

Bluszcz, Julia; Valente, Marica - 2019

With more than ten thousand casualties, the 2014 Ukrainian war between pro-Russian separatists and the government in the Donbass region, Ukraine's productive core, has taken a severe toll on the country. Using cross-country panel data over the period 1995-2017, this paper quantifies the...

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To fight or to vote : sovereignty referendums as strategies in conflicts over self-determination

Kelle, Friederike Luise; Sienknecht, Mitja - 2020

Subnational groups employ a variety of strategies to contest governments. While democratic states offer a broader array of accessible options, autocratic regimes are more difficult to contest via conventional means. Why do subnational groups stage sovereignty referendums across regime types? Our...

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The persistent gender earnings gap in Colombia, 1994 - 2006

Hoyos, Alejandro; Ñopo, Hugo; Peña-Parga, Ximena - 2010

This paper surveys gender wage gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matching comparisons to examine the extent to which individuals with similar human capital characteristics earn different wages. Three sub-periods are considered: 1994-1998; 2000- 2001; and 2002- 2006. The gaps dropped from the...

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Gender and ethnic inequalities in LAC countries

Canelas, Carla; Salazar, Silvia - In: IZA journal of labor & development 3 (2014), pp. 1-25

This article examines the structure of gender and ethnic wage gaps and the distribution of both paid and unpaid work in LAC countries. Its main contribution is to expose the double discrimination endured by women in the region. Indeed, the results indicate that women are highly discriminated in...

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Transnational social mobility of minorities : a comparative analysis of 14 immigrant minority groups

Kislev, Elyakim - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 8 (2018) 15, pp. 1-21

There is extensive scholarship on the condition of being a minority in one’s home country and vast literature on the experience of immigrants in host countries. However, almost no attention has been paid to the distinct mechanisms pertaining to immigrants who were minorities in the source...

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The unequal distribution of economic education : a report on the race, ethnicity, and gender of economics majors at US colleges and universities

Bayer, Amanda; Wilcox, David W. - 2017

The distribution of economic education among US college graduates is quite unequal: female and underrepresented minority undergraduates, collectively, major in economics at 0.36 the rate that white, non-Hispanic male students do. This paper makes a four-part contribution to address this...

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Aspiration, Ethnic Composition, and Competitive Inclination : An Experimental Study

Li, King King; Shen, Peiyao - 2022

minority) in groups with different ethnic compositions. In homogeneous treatments, which consists of one ethnicity, we find no …

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