Indonesia's democratic performance is still classified as a'moderate'and'flawed
democracy'according to the latest report, even though the ongoing progress of national …

Traditional theories of democracy suggest that political representation of excluded groups
can reduce their incentives to engage in conflict and lead to lower violence. However, this …

Exploring the debate within social sciences on the consequences of ethnic diversity for
social cohesion and the production of public goods, this book draws on extensive survey …

This paper shows that the level of deforestation in Indonesia is positively related to the
degree of ethnic fractionalization. To identify a causal relation, we exploit the exogenous …

Abstract We study the Black Death pogroms to shed light on the factors determining when a
minority group will face persecution. Negative shocks increase the likelihood that minorities …

The process of resolving administrative violations in the appointment of non-definitive
regional heads that have not been regulated can threaten democratic values. Likewise …

I combine household surveys, national accounts and unique personal income tax records to
produce the first estimates of the national income distribution in an Arab country, Lebanon. I …

Our paper provides a comparative perspective on the development of public primary
education in four of the largest developing economies circa 1910: Brazil, Russia, India and …

Increasingly, decentralization is being adopted by countries in which assumptions made by
formal models of decentralization, such as electoral accountability and population mobility …

Using data from the Indonesian Family Life Surveys, we study the impact of fiscal
decentralisation in Indonesia on local public spending across communities characterised by …