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The Russian-Ukrainian Political DivideAmelie ConstantInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA); DIW DC Martin KahanecInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA); Central European University; Central European Labour Studies Institute Klaus F. ZimmermannInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA); German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin); University of Bonn; Journal of Population Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) February 2007 CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6085 Abstract: The Orange Revolution unveiled significant political and economic tensions between ethnic Russians and Ukrainians in Ukraine. Whether this divide was caused by purely ethnic differences or by ethnically segregated reform preferences is unknown. Analysis using unique micro data collected prior to the revolution finds that voting preferences for the forces of the forthcoming Orange Revolution were strongly driven by preferences for political and economic reforms, but were also independently significantly affected by ethnicity; namely language and nationality. Russian speakers, as opposed to Ukrainian speakers, were significantly less likely to vote for the Orange Revolution, and nationality had similar effects.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 30 Keywords: Ethnicity, Orange Revolution, transformation, Ukraine, voting preferences JEL Classification: D72, J15 working papers seriesDate posted: May 13, 2008Suggested CitationContact Information
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