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Horizontal and intersecting inequalities in Mozambique: 1997-2017

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  • Ricardo Santos
  • Eva-Maria Egger
  • Vincenzo Salvucci

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This study seeks to add to the research on inequality in least developed countries, namely in Mozambique, by measuring and mapping indicators of horizontal wealth inequality along geographic regions and ethnolinguistic identities. Using census data for 1997, 2007, and 2017, we identify possible intersecting inequalities, measuring between-group inequality along joint provincial-urban/rural-ethnolinguistic identities. Additionally, we find heterogeneous evolutions of group inequality between 1997 and 2017 among the country's eleven provinces.

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  • Ricardo Santos & Eva-Maria Egger & Vincenzo Salvucci, 2021. "Horizontal and intersecting inequalities in Mozambique: 1997-2017," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2021-106, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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