We study whether the spatial distribution of natural resources across different ethnic groups within countries impede spatial inequality, national economic performance, and the incidence of armed conflict. By providing a theoretical rent-seeking model and analysing a set of geocoded data for...

May 2000 - A higher share of income for the middle class and lower ethnic polarization are empirically associated with higher income, higher growth, more education, better health, better infrastructure, better economic policies, less political instability, less civil war (putting ethnic...

A higher share of income for the middle class and lower ethnic polarization are empirically associated with higher income, higher growth, more education, better health, better infrastructure, better economic policies, less political instability, less civil war (putting ethnic minorities at...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Economic Inequality -- 2. Interracial Goals -- 3. Investment in Underdeveloped Groups -- 4. Discrimination in Employment -- 5. Upward Mobility -- 6. Unemployment -- 7. Entrepreneurship -- 8. Colonial Relations -- 9. Aftermath of Independence -- Postscript...