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You’re not like us! Ethnic discrimination and national belonging in Nigeria

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  • Daniel Tuki

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This study examined the effect of ethnic discrimination on Nigerians’ sense of national identification relative to ethnic identification. The regression results revealed that the experience of discrimination prompts Nigerians to prioritize their ethnic identity over their national identity. The regressions also showed that the negative effect of discrimination on national identification is larger than its positive effect on ethnic identification. These findings are robust to different operationalizations of discrimination and to the use of individual survey data covering 34 African countries. Among the Nigerian population, Igbo ethnicity increased the likelihood of individuals prioritizing their ethnic identity over their national identity, while Yoruba and Hausa/Fulani ethnicities had the opposite effect.

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  • Daniel Tuki, 2024. "You’re not like us! Ethnic discrimination and national belonging in Nigeria," HiCN Working Papers 415, Households in Conflict Network.
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    1. Green, Elliott, 2020. "Ethnicity, National Identity and the State: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 50(2), pages 757-779, April.
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    Keywords

    africa; discrimination; ethnicity; intergroup conflict; national belonging; nigeria; religion;
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    JEL classification:

    • D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • N74 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - Europe: 1913-
    • Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion

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