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The politics of affirmative action: ethnicity, equity, and state-business relations in MalaysiaMalaysia provides for interesting paradoxes. Poverty was reduced by adopting a horizontal perspective to policy planning through affirmative action targeting one ethnic group lagging economically in society...
Politics Enterprises Affirmative actionWorking Paper
The social and political consequences of wartime sexual violence: New evidence from list experiments in three conflict-affected populationsWartime sexual violence is widespread across conflict zones and thought to leave a disastrous legacy for survivors, communities, and nations...
Wartime sexual violence List experiment Post-conflictJournal Article
Does Horizontal Inequality Matter in Vietnam?Part of Journal Special Issue Horizontal inequality in the Global South
Viet Nam Horizontal inequality Ethnic relationsJournal Article
Self-assessed vs. statistical evidence of racial discrimination: The case of indigenous AustraliansThis paper provides new insights on the labour market discrimination faced by indigenous Australians one of the most disadvantaged indigenous populations in developed countries...
Discrimination in employment Employees Ethnic relationsWorking Paper
Group-based inequalities: The case of VietnamThis paper examines the issue of horizontal inequalities in Vietnam over the past 20 years...
Viet Nam Horizontal inequality Ethnic relationsJournal Article
The Measurement of Ethnic and Religious Divisions: Spatial, Temporal, and Categorical Dimensions with Evidence from Mindanao, the PhilippinesAn ever-expanding body of empirical research suggests that ethno-religious divisions adversely impact a host of normatively desirable objectives linked to the quality of life in society, implicitly representing a strong challenge to multiculturalist ...
Ethnic relations ReligionWorking Paper
Horizontal inequalities and affirmative action: An analysis of attitudes towards redistribution across groups in AfricaInequalities between ethnic or racial groups, defined as horizontal inequalities, are pervasive and persistent. They persist due to cumulative and reinforcing inequalities arising from unequal access to different types of capital...
Equality and inequality Ethnic relations Income distributionWorking Paper
Self-assessed versus statistical evidence of labour market discrimination: The case of indigenous AustraliansWe assess the relative importance of statistical residual-based measures of discrimination in determining indigenous Australians’ perceptions of discrimination in the labour market...
Discrimination in employment Employees Ethnic relationsWorking Paper
The inequality-resource curse of conflict: Heterogeneous effects of mineral deposit discoveriesDespite a sizeable literature, there is no consensus as to whether and how mineral resources are linked to conflict...
Ethnic relations Nonrenewable natural resources Social conflictWorking Paper
Ethnic disadvantage in Vietnam: Evidence using panel dataThis study investigates the ethnic disadvantage in rural Vietnam, focusing on the magnitude of the majority–minority gap and the constraints on ethnic minority households that contribute to the gap...
Equality and inequality Ethnic relations HouseholdsWorking Paper
Children and the youth in rural VietnamStructural transformation in rural Vietnam has led to rising incomes and a diversification of livelihoods away from agriculture...
Children Education Ethnic relationsJournal Article
South Africa's Emerging Black Middle Class: A Harbinger of Political Change?Part of Journal Special Issue The Political Economy of Africa's Emergent Middle Class
Democracy Ethnic relationsBook Chapter
Who’s the Alien? :: Xenophobia in post-Apartheid South AfricaIn May 2008, South Africa became the theatre of widespread violent attacks against undesirable ‘outsiders’. Over 60 were killed, hundreds wounded, and tens of thousands displaced...
Econometric models (Economic development) Ethnic relations PovertyWorking Paper
The Conceptualization and Measurement of Ethnic and Religious Divisions: Categorical, Temporal, and Spatial Dimensions with Evidence from Mindanao, the PhilippinesA large body of recent quantitative work on the ‘diversity detriment’ hypothesis finds that ethno-religious diversity is linked with a host of societal ills, implying in turn a strong challenge to multiculturalist theory and policies...
Ethnic relations ReligionWorking Paper
Poverty and Ethnicity Among Black South AfricansThis paper investigates inequalities across the major black ethnic groups in South Africa, accounting for 80 per cent of the country’s population...
Ethnic relations Income Internal migrationPresentation
Ethnic Divisions, Local Governance, and Public Goods Provision: New Avenues for ResearchPresentation by Rachel M. Gisselquist. Title: 'Ethnic Divisions, Local Governance, and Public Goods Provision: New Avenues for Research' (paper by Rachel M. Gisselquist, Stefan Leiderer, and Miguel Nino-Zarazua)...