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Horizontal inequalities, political environment, and civil conflict : evidence from 55 developing countries, 1986-2003: November 23, 2007 14:43
This paper investigates the relationship between horizontal inequalities, political environment, and civil war in developing countries. Based on national survey data from 55 countries it calculates welfare inequalities between ethnic, religious, and regional groups for each country using indicators such as household assets and educational levels.

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Tags: war, developing, inequality, welfare
Increasing inequality in transition economies : is there more to come?: November 23, 2007 17:28
This paper decomposes changes in inequality, which has in general been increasing in the transition economies of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, both by income source and socio-economic group, with a view to understanding the determinants of inequality and assessing how it might evolve in the future.

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Tags: inequality, Eastern, Europe, Soviet, socio-economic
Economic Inequality and Corruption: March 3, 2008 13:55
A review of recent contributions to the explorations of the relations between economic inequality and corruption demonstrates that corruption as a factor of inequality has been poorly theoretically explained, although some empirical evidence has been tracked down…

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Tags: Corruption, Serbia, inequality