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This paper discusses current methods for measuring and analysing occupational mobility, and the way in which methods designed for the analysis of developing countries may need to be modified when applied in other contexts. The paper discusses particular features of some developing societies,...
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Does economic standing cross-cut ethnicity in African electoral politics? In many countries in the region, ethnicity …, being a member of a group that has greater levels of within-group inequality reduces support for a plurality-choice party …, while living in a country with higher levels of between-group inequality increases support for a plurality-choice party. The …
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understanding horizontal inequality and indigenous politics. This paper presents new analysis of survey data, allowing for …
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How do changes in socio-economic inequality between ethnic groups affect interethnic ties in a divided society? I … principal findings. First, as inequality between ethnic groups increases, the prospects of interethnic marriages decline. Status … inequality in multiethnic societies may facilitate ethnic integration. Second, the effect of ethnic inequality is not uniform …
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-based inequality to be published in a special issue of the Journal of Development Studies. It provides a brief introduction to legal …
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It is widely accepted that the distribution of power between ethnic groups within a country plays a key role in major social, political, and economic outcomes. Researchers working on the topic have various measures of ethnic dominance and exclusion, and other closely related aspects such as...
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The degree of choice households have over their consumption expenditure is critical in deciding their economic class. Applying our measure to Egyptian household budget surveys, we estimate the population size of the middle class in Egypt and assess their well-being in the period 1995-2011. Our...
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This paper seeks to understand whether the way in which inequality is communicated through measurements influences … individuals' fairness perceptions regarding wealth inequality. It begins from the premise that prominent measures of inequality …, such as the Gini coefficient, fall short of providing an intuitive understanding of inequality for most people. Following …
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approach is also employed to rigorously examine the poverty-growth-inequality triangle. Finally, various simple but useful and …
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. Given the stakes, the appropriate conceptualization and measurement of ethno-religious divisions is a matter of considerable … construct, categorization methodology, passage of time, and spatial variation. We provide guidance and discuss the key …
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