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.

Chi tiết về thư mục
Những tác giả chính: Fum, R, Holder, R
Định dạng: Working paper
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: OxCarre 2009
Miêu tả
Tóm tắt: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.