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Ethnic Inequality
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2012
to comparative development. Second, differences in geographic endowments across ethnic homelands explain a sizable … that between ethnic-group inequality is systematically linked to regional under-development. In this sample we also explore … the channels linking ethnic inequality to (under) development, finding that ethnic inequality maps to political inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460149
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Ethnic Inequality
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2012
to comparative development. Second, differences in geographic endowments across ethnic homelands explain a sizable … that between ethnic-group inequality is systematically linked to regional under-development. In this sample we also explore … the channels linking ethnic inequality to (under) development, finding that ethnic inequality maps to political inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098474
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Ethnic Inequality
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2012
comparative development. We also show that ethnic inequality goes in tandem with lower levels development also within countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098656
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Ethnic Inequality
Alesina, Alberto; Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - Brown University, Department of Economics - 2012
comparative development. We also show that ethnic inequality goes in tandem with lower levels development also within countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196606
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The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We examine the long-run consequences of the scramble for Africa among European powers in the late 19th century and uncover the following empirical regularities. First, using information on the spatial distribution of African ethnicities before colonization, we show that borders were arbitrarily...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371464
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Divide and Rule or the Rule of the Divided? Evidence from Africa
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
-specific pre-colonial institutions in shaping comparative regional development in Africa. We utilize information on the spatial … we document a positive cross-sectional association between national institutions and regional economic development … regional development. The positive within country effect of pre-colonial institutions also obtains in regions of partitioned …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683528
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Divide and Rule or the Rule of the Divided? Evidence from Africa
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - Department of Economics, Tufts University - 2010
-specific pre-colonial institutions in shaping comparative regional development in Africa. We utilize information on the spatial … we document a positive cross-sectional association between national institutions and regional economic development … regional development. The positive within country effect of pre-colonial institutions also obtains in regions of partitioned …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008691155
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Divide and Rule or the Rule of the Divided? Evidence from Africa
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study - 2011
-specific pre-colonial institutions in shaping comparative regional development in Africa. We utilize information on the spatial …-colonial ethnic institutional traits and contemporary regional development. While this correlation does not necessarily identify a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225981
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Ethnic Inequality
Alesina, Alberto; Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - Department of Economics, University of Warwick - 2013
to comparative development. Second, differences in geographic endowments across ethnic homelands explain a sizable portion … that between ethnic-group inequality is systematically linked to regional under-development. In this sample we also explore … the channels linking ethnic inequality to (under) development, finding that ethnic inequality maps to political inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010758443
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The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - Department of Economics, University of Warwick - 2013
We examine the long-run consequences of the scramble for Africa among European powers in the late 19th century and uncover the following empirical regularities. First, utilizing information on the spatial distribution of African ethnicities before colonization, we show that apart from the land...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010758514