Natural resources and income inequality: The role of ethnic divisions

Ruikang Marcus Fum and Roland Hodler

Economics Letters, 2010, vol. 107, issue 3, 360-363

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Natural; resources; Inequality; Ethnic; polarization; Resource; curse (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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