The research on the relationship between inequality and domestic political violence is ambiguous. The case study literature argues that countries with an unequal distribution of income and wealth are prone to armed conflict. Most cross-country studies have, however, not been able to corroborate...

This paper studies the relationship between horizontal inequality and conflict onset. With this aim, zero-inflated regression models are applied to measures of inequality across ethnic groups. Our results show that horizontal inequality is directly and significantly related to the emergence of...

This paper examines the relationship between inequality and economic growth using conflict models and computational simulations. I construct a dynamic sequential conflict model that allows us to observe the cumulative effect of inequalities in wealth and ability in a single framework. The...

This article explores whether legal empowerment can address horizontal inequalities in post-conflict settings, and if so, how. It argues that legal empowerment has modest potential to reduce these inequalities but that there are risks of strengthening group identities, reducing social cohesion,...