The Library
Oil and ethnic inequality in Nigeria
Tools
Tools
Tools
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
|
PDF
WRAP-oil-ethnic-inequality-Nigeria-Fenske-2017.pdf - Published Version - Requires a PDF viewer. Available under License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Download (2125Kb) | Preview |
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10887-017-9149-8
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: |
|
||||||||
| 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 |
Request changes or add full text files to a record
Repository staff actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
Downloads
Downloads per month over past year
