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Fenske, James and Zurimendi, Igor (2017) Oil and ethnic inequality in Nigeria. Journal of Economic Growth, 22 (4). pp. 397-420. doi:10.1007/s10887-017-9149-8

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Abstract

Although it is known that ethnic biases exist in Africa, less is known about how these respond to natural resource prices. Many ethnically fragmented African countries depend on a small number commodities for their export base. Oil prices experienced in early life predict differential adult outcomes across Nigerian ethnic groups. Our difference-in-difference approach compares members of southern ethnicities to other Nigerians from the same birth cohort. This North-South distinction mirrors several economic, political, and religious cleavages in the country. Greater prices in a southern individual’s birth year predict several relative outcomes, including reduced fertility, delayed marriage, higher probabilities of working and having a skilled occupation, greater schooling, lower height, and greater BMI. These microeconomic impacts are explained by macroeconomic responses to oil prices; relatively, urban incomes increase, food production declines, and maternal labor intensifies in the South.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Petroleum -- Prices -- Nigeria, Nigeria -- Economic conditions -- 20th century, Nigeria -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Economic Growth
Publisher: Springer
ISSN: 1381-4338
Official Date: December 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
December 2017Published
4 October 2017Available
4 October 2017Accepted
Volume: 22
Number: 4
Page Range: pp. 397-420
DOI: 10.1007/s10887-017-9149-8
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access

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