Ethno-Regional Favouritism in Sub-Saharan Africa

Ahlerup, Pelle,1977Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik,Department of Economics (författare)

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 19000 respondents across 15 African countries suggest that ethnic and regional favouritism are not the same, but rather have independent effects.

Isaksson, Ann-Sofie,1980Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik,Department of Economics(Swepub:gu)xisaka (författare)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik (creator_code:org_t)

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