Ethnic Conflict and Economic Disparity: Serbians and Albanians in Kosovo

38 Pages Posted: 18 Oct 2005

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Sumon K. Bhaumik

Aston University - Aston Business School; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA); University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Stephen M. Ross School of Business, William Davidson Institute

Ira N. Gang

Rutgers University - Economics Department

Myeong-Su Yun

Inha University - Department of Economics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Date Written: September 2005

Abstract

We use the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) household survey from post-conflict Kosovo to examine economic deprivation among Serbs and Albanians. Economic deprivation is measured by per capita household expenditure and by the incidence of poverty as captured by the headcount ratio. We examine the roles played by the stock of attributes and by the impact of these attributes on deprivation using Oaxaca-type decomposition methods. Empirical results for both decomposition analyses show differences in characteristics as well as returns to measured characteristics favor Serbs, even though Serbs have lower expenditures and higher poverty incidence than Albanians.

Keywords: poverty, ethnicity, decomposition

JEL Classification: I32, O12, J15

Suggested Citation

Bhaumik, Sumon K. and Bhaumik, Sumon K. and Gang, Ira N. and Yun, Myeong-Su, Ethnic Conflict and Economic Disparity: Serbians and Albanians in Kosovo (September 2005). IZA Discussion Paper No. 1772, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=825724 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.825724

Sumon K. Bhaumik

Aston University - Aston Business School ( email )

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United Kingdom

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University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Stephen M. Ross School of Business, William Davidson Institute

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Ira N. Gang (Contact Author)

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Myeong-Su Yun

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