Ethnic Diversity, Local Redistribution and Income Inequality
An Empirical Analysis Applied to Mexican Municipalities
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| ID | 20301270 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Matt Clement (0000-0002-1655-4206, Groupe de Recherche en Économie Théorique et Appliquée, autor correspondente), Matthieu Clément (GREThA (CNRS), Université de Bordeaux, Pessac, France), Lucie Piaser (GREThA (CNRS), Université de Bordeaux, Pessac, France) |
| Ano | 2021 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Fascículo | 2 |
| Páginas | 289-309 |
| Data de publicação | 2021-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | The Journal of Development Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0022-0388 • E-ISSN: 1743-9140 |
| Editora | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00220388.2020.1786060 |
| OpenAlex | W2965772262 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 34 |
This article examines the relationship between ethnic diversity, redistributive policies and income inequality in the context of Mexican municipalities. Although we primarily focus on income inequality within municipalities, we are also interested in how ethnic diversity and redistribution affect income disparities between municipalities. This study uses multiple data sets to construct original measures of mean household income, income inequality, ethnolinguistic diversity and redistributive policies at the municipality level. Based on these variables, we carry out several econometric analyses accounting for endogeneity and spatial autocorrelation issues. First, while there is a clear negative impact of ethnic diversity on municipal mean income, the relevance of the redistribution channel in the mediation of this relationship seems to be partially relevant among Mexican municipalities. Second, our empirical investigations emphasise that the impact of ethnic diversity on intra-municipal income inequality depends on the extent of redistributive policies. More precisely, we show that ethnic diversity has a negative effect on inequality among municipalities with low levels of redistribution and that this inequality-reducing effect weakens along with increasing levels of redistribution until reaching a turning point. Our findings call for further research about the main channels through which ethnic diversity may affect redistribution and income inequality
Demographic economics · Development economics · Econometrics · Economic inequality · Economics · Endogeneity · Ethnic group · Income distribution · Inequality · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Redistribution (election) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Local Government Finance and Decentralization
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| Altamente citado | Não |