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Ethnic inequality and economic growth : evidence from harmonized satellite data
Gründler, Klaus; Link, Andreas - 2024
contemporary economic growth. The negative effect of ethnic inequality is caused by increasing conflict and decreasing public goods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014505856
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The Economics of International Development
Aboa-Bradwell, Sylvie; Bjørnskov, Christian; Easterly, … - 2021
Hopes for development aid remain high among Western politicians and pundits, but the evidence is depressing. Foreign aid has on average probably no effect on long-run growth. To understand the failure of many development projects, we need a deeper consideration of the failure of top-down...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013225251
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How status inequality between ethnic groups affects public goods provision : experimental evidence on caste and tolerance for teacher absenteeism in India
Singh, Prerna; Spears, Dean - 2017
This article contributes to the growing scholarship on how ethnic inequality can dampen the provision of public goods and services. On the one hand, it pushes beyond purely economic inequality to include status inequality between population groups. On other hand, it moves away from the provision...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011659597
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Effects of primary secondary and tertiary education on conflict intensity in Africa
Agbor, Julius A. - In: Economies : open access journal 3 (2015) 4, pp. 161-185
. However, in contexts where income inequality (tertiary schooling) is high, tertiary schooling (inequality) mitigates conflict …, in South Africa), governments should strive to foster tertiary education in order to reduce conflict. Second, where … they matter for conflict mitigation in Africa. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011380013
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The persistent consequences of civil conflict : evidence from a new measure for subnational conflict exposure
Korn, Tobias - 2023 - This version: August 11, 2023
This paper presents a novel approach to accounting for subnational conflict exposure and provides new insights into the … causal medium-run effects of conflict on economic development. The existing literature has not reached a consensus on whether … civil conflict can permanently alter economic growth trajectories. This study identifies the source of this disagreement as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014366855
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Historical origins of persistent inequality in Nigeria
Archibong, Belinda - 2016
Horizontal inequality by ethnic group has remained remarkably persistent for wealth, education, and access to certain services in Nigeria. While significant gains in the reduction of inequality and improvement in access have been made for more locally administered services, outcomes are stickier...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011573964
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Minorities, human capital and long-rund development : persistence of Armenian and Greek influence in Turkey
Arbatli, Cemal Eren; Gokmen, Gunes - 2016
We study the long-term economic legacy of highly-skilled minorities a century after their wholesale expulsion. Using mass expulsions of Armenian and Greek communities of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century as a unique natural experiment of history, we show that districts with greater...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581278
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Effects of primary secondary and tertiary education on conflict intensity in Africa
Agbor, Julius A. - In: Economies 3 (2015) 4, pp. 161-185
. However, in contexts where income inequality (tertiary schooling) is high, tertiary schooling (inequality) mitigates conflict …, in South Africa), governments should strive to foster tertiary education in order to reduce conflict. Second, where … they matter for conflict mitigation in Africa. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011708709
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Effects of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Education on Conflict Intensity in Africa
Agbor, Julius A - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2013
tertiary schooling reduces conflict through both the urbanization and youth bulge channels. These results suggest that in order … to reduce conflict intensity in Africa, policy makers should facilitate the urbanization of a great number of African …, the findings also suggest that secondary schooling potentially intensifies conflict intensity through the democratization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010659034
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National Identity, Public Goods, and Modern Economic Development
Skaperdas, Stergios; Testa, Patrick A. - 2023
induce commoners to identify with the nation. The more commoners identify with the nation, the less is conflict between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290268