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Title Ethno-regional favouritism in Sub-Saharan Africa
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/2077/35392
Date 2014
Author(s) Ahlerup, Pelle; Isaksson, Ann-Sofie
Abstract Studies of political favouritism in Africa often treat ethnic and regional favouritism as interchangeable concepts. The present paper distinguishes between the two and investigates their relative influence in Sub-Saharan Africa. Focusing on whether individuals perceive their ethnic group to be unfairly treated by government, we assess the importance of being a co-ethnic of the country president, of living in the president's region of origin and of the regional share of president co-ethnics. Empirical findings drawing on detailed individual level survey data covering more than 19 000 respondents across 15 African countries suggest that ethnic and regional favouritism are not the same, but rather have independent effects. - JEL: D63, D72, O12, O55
Subject(s) ethnic favouritism; regional favouritism; Africa
Language eng
Relation Working Papers in Economics; 586
Type of publication report
Format 10
Identifier 1403-2465
Repository Gothenberg - University of Gothenberg
Added to C-A: 2014-03-14;22:55:18