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Standardization and ethnocracy in Sri LankaStandardization was the scheme that replaced meritocracy in Sri Lanka education, with positive discrimination to increase the majority Sinhalese community’s university enrolment...
Education Standardization QuotasWorking Paper
Identity and support for policies towards Indigenous people: Evidence from AustraliaThis paper adds to knowledge on the role of politicians’ and voters’ identities in influencing policy-making in societies marked by ethnic inequality...
Politician Identity Voting behaviourWorking Paper
Health and ethnic inequalities in Mozambique with special reference to leprosyThe subject of this paper is health and ethnic inequalities in Mozambique, with special reference to leprosy...
Health Ethnic inequality MozambiqueWorking Paper
Ethnic dominance and exclusion: Unpacking cross-national dataIt is widely accepted that the distribution of power between ethnic groups within a country plays a key role in major social, political, and economic outcomes...
Exclusion Ethnicity DataBook Chapter
Social mobility and horizontal inequalityFrom the book: Social mobility in developing countries
Social mobility Horizontal inequality Ethnic inequalityWorking Paper
Horizontal inequality, COVID-19, and lockdown readiness: Evidence from IndiaA growing body of research shows that COVID-19 both reflects and exacerbates existing inequalities...
Horizontal inequality Ethnic inequality CasteWorking Paper
Social mobility and inequality between groupsThe relationship between social mobility and inequality is well studied in the literature, but far greater attention has been paid to ‘vertical’ than to ‘horizontal’ inequality...
Social mobility Horizontal inequality Ethnic inequalityBlog
Research insights, new friends and meeting Stiglitz: Shreya Bhattacharya - 2018 PhD FellowIn the fall of 2018 UNU-WIDER welcomed 11 doctoral students from around the world as part of our PhD Fellowship Programme ...
UNU-WIDER PhD Fellowship Ethnic inequality CasteWorking Paper
Ethnicity and risk sharing network formation: Evidence from rural VietnamEthnic inequality remains a persistent challenge for Vietnam. This paper aims at better understanding this ethnic gap through exploring the formation of risk sharing networks in rural areas...
Risk-sharing network Homophily Ethnic inequalityJournal Special Issue
Horizontal Inequality: Persistence and ChangeA 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 groupJournal Article
Horizontal inequality as an outcomeA 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 groupWorking Paper
Horizontal inequality as a dependent variableA 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 groupWorking Paper
How status inequality between ethnic groups affects public goods provision: Experimental evidence on caste and tolerance for teacher absenteeism in IndiaThis 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...
Caste Ethnic inequality Public goods provisions