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Journal Special Issue
Horizontal Inequality: Persistence and Change

A considerable body of research suggests that horizontal inequality between ethnic groups has major socioeconomic implications, in particular for peace and economic development...

Group-based inequality Horizontal inequality Ethnic group
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Horizontal inequality as an outcome

A considerable body of research suggests that horizontal inequality between ethnic groups has major socioeconomic implications, in particular for peace and economic development...

Group-based inequality Horizontal inequality Ethnic group
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Horizontal inequality as a dependent variable

A considerable body of research suggests that horizontal inequality between ethnic groups has major socioeconomic implications, in particular for peace and economic development...

Group-based inequality Horizontal inequality Ethnic group
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Horizontal Inequality and Data Challenges

Inequality and social exclusion receive considerable contemporary policy attention...

Ethnic group Group-based inequality Horizontal inequality
Working Paper
Horizontal inequality and data challenges

Inequality and social exclusion receive considerable contemporary policy attention...

Ethnic group Group-based inequality Horizontal inequality
Journal Article
Inequality Between Whom?: Patterns, Trends, and Implications of Horizontal Inequality in the Philippines

An overall decline in inequality within a country, when assessed using national-level measures, can evidently obscure important variation in inequality at the subnational level...

Ethnic group Horizontal inequality Indigenous peoples
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Inequality of opportunities among ethnic groups in the Philippines

This paper contributes to the scant body of literature on inequalities among and within ethnic groups in the Philippines by examining both the vertical and horizontal measures in terms of opportunities in accessing basic services such as education, e...

Ethnic group Horizontal inequality Indigenous peoples
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