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The effect of class assignment on academic performance and the labour market: Evidence from a public federal university in BrazilCan students’ rank in the ability distribution of their class impact their academic achievement?...
Affirmative action Brazil EducationJournal Article
Can Business Rights Alleviate Group-Based Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa?: Understanding the Limits to ReformPart of Journal Special Issue Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality
Group-based inequality Minorities BusinessBlog
Affirmative action policies and South Africa’s racial wage gap
Racial wage inequality and discrimination have pervaded South African society for centuries. Apartheid legislation cemented these disparities by institutionalizing white job reservation and many other unfair practices...
Affirmative action Discrimination ApartheidWorking Paper
Business rights and ethnic exclusion in sub-Saharan Africa: Addressing group-based inequality through business rights reformThe business rights pillar of the Legal Empowerment of the Poor agenda is not preoccupied with equality of outcome; it concentrates instead on equality of opportunity...
Legal empowerment Entrepreneurship Affirmative actionProject

Theme: Inclusion
Discrimination Class InequalityProject
Disadvantaged groups and social mobilityTheme: Inclusion
This project has three main objectives in line with UNU-WIDER’s tradition in the area of inclusion and horizontal inequality: (1) to shed further light on the extent to which inequalities run along ethnic, gender, and other communal lines; (2...
Disadvantaged groups Social mobility Group-based inequality