Does ethnic segregation matter for spatial inequality? A cross-country analysis

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés and Roberto Ezcurra
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

No 11913, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: The paper examines the link between ethnic segregation and spatial inequality in 71 countries with different levels of economic development. The results reveal that ethnic segregation is associated with signifi cantly higher levels of spatial inequality. This fi nding is not affected by the inclusion of various covariates that may influence both spatial inequality and the geographical distribution of ethnic groups, and is con firmed by a number of robustness tests. The results also suggest that political decentralization and the quality of government could act as transmission channels linking ethnic segregation and spatial inequality.

Keywords: Spatial inequality; Ethnic segregration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 O11 O18 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-geo, nep-gro and nep-ure
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