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.

Bibliografiska uppgifter
Huvudupphovsmän: Fum, R, Holder, R
Materialtyp: Working paper
Språk:English
Publicerad: OxCarre 2009
Beskrivning
Sammanfattning: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.