Governments often target ethnic favoritism, yet evidence was unclear whether benefits spread regionally or remained concentrated.
Geographic Data & Methods: Using fine-grained data on local African demographics,
Key Findings: This research reveals a clear pattern - where co-ethnics form the majority locally, benefits are distributed broadly. However, in minority regions, government focus shifts exclusively to their own ethnic group.
Why It Matters: These insights connect specific demographic contexts directly to distributive politics outcomes like infant mortality rates.
| Who Benefits? How Local Ethnic Demography Shapes Political Favoritism in Africa was authored by Janina Beiser-McGrath, Carl Müller-Crepon and Yannick Pengl. It was published by Cambridge in BJPS in 2021. |
