Ethno-regional favouritism in Sub-Saharan Africa

dc.contributor.author	Ahlerup, Pelle
dc.contributor.author	Isaksson, Ann-Sofie
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-13T10:51:43Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-13T10:51:43Z
dc.date.issued	2014-03
dc.identifier.issn	1403-2465
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/35392
dc.description	JEL: D63, D72, O12, O55	sv
dc.description.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.	sv
dc.format.extent	10	sv
dc.language.iso	eng	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working Papers in Economics	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	586	sv
dc.subject	ethnic favouritism	sv
dc.subject	regional favouritism	sv
dc.subject	Africa	sv
dc.title	Ethno-regional favouritism in Sub-Saharan Africa	sv
dc.type	Text	sv
dc.type.svep	report	sv
dc.contributor.organization	Dept. of Economics, University of Gothenburg	sv