Natural Resources & Income Inequality: The Role of Ethnic Divisions.

We hypothesize that natural resources raise income inequality in ethnically polarized societies, but reduce income inequality in ethnically homogenous societies; and we present empirical evidence in support of this hypothesis.

ग्रंथसूची विवरण
मुख्य लेखकों: Fum, R, Holder, R
स्वरूप: Working paper
भाषा:English
प्रकाशित: OxCarre 2009
विवरण
सारांश:We hypothesize that natural resources raise income inequality in ethnically polarized societies, but reduce income inequality in ethnically homogenous societies; and we present empirical evidence in support of this hypothesis.