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Birth control, family size and educational stratification: Evidence from the Han and ethnic minorities in ChinaThis study investigates the unexpected impact that enforcing birth control policies in China has upon the educational stratification between the Han majority, the policy target group, and ethnic minorities, a partially excluded group...
Education Human fertility MinoritiesJournal 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 BusinessWorking Paper
Discriminatory attitudes and indigenous language promotion: Challenges and solutionsIn this paper, we analyse which channels influence individual preferences concerning the choice of the official language in Zambia...
Education Equality and inequality Local historyWorking Paper
Less restrictive birth control, less education?: Evidence from ethnic minorities in ChinaThis paper investigates the net impact of birth control policy in China on educational attainment of the partially excluded ethnic minorities...
Education Human fertility MinoritiesWorking Paper
Affirmative action policy in developing countries: Lessons learned and a way forwardThere are several countries who have responded to concerns regarding historically disadvantaged groups, particularly ethnic and racial minorities and women, with not only anti-discrimination legislation, but also affirmative action policies...
MinoritiesWorking 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 HouseholdsProject
Discrimination and affirmative action - what have we learnt so far?
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 inequalityBlog
To Aid or Not to Aid?: The Case of Rwanda, DFID, and the Good Aid Debate
Omar Shahabudin McDoom What should donors do when confronted with regimes that violate important normative standards of state behavior and commit human rights abuses, war crimes or other grave ethical transgressions?...
Agriculture Criminal law DemocracyWorking Paper
Security of Property Rights for Whom?Recent research regarding property rights and economic development often treats property rights security in a country as homogeneous, although protecting the private entitlements of some can entail preventing others from claiming and controlling thos...
Equality and inequality Law MinoritiesBook
Poverty, International Migration and AsylumThis book examines the economic consequences of immigration and asylum migration. It focuses on the economic consequences of legal and illegal immigration as well as placing the study of immigration in a global context...
Emigration and immigration Minorities PovertyBook Chapter
Poverty, International Migration and Asylum: IntroductionFrom the book: Poverty, International Migration and Asylum
Emigration and immigration Minorities PovertyBook Chapter
Iraq: Economic Embargo and Predatory RuleFrom the book: War, Hunger, and Displacement
Minorities Natural resources Social conflictBook Chapter
Burundi: The Long Sombre Shadow of Ethnic InstabilityFrom the book: War, Hunger, and Displacement
Economic assistance and foreign aid Minorities Social conflictBook Chapter
Kenya: Economic Decline and Ethnic PoliticsFrom the book: War, Hunger, and Displacement
Minorities Social conflictBook Chapter
The South Caucasus: The Breakdown of the Soviet EmpireFrom the book: War, Hunger, and Displacement
Minorities Post-communism Social conflict