TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethnic conflict and economic disparity
T2 - Serbians and Albanians in Kosovo
AU - Bhaumik, Sumon
AU - Gang, Ira N.
AU - Yun, Myeong-Su
PY - 2006/12
Y1 - 2006/12
N2 - Using the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) household survey from post-conflict Kosovo, we investigate the comparative economic well-being of Serbs and Albanians. An Oaxaca decomposition shows Serb households are both better endowed with income generating characteristics, such as education, and receive higher returns to these characteristics than Albanian households. Despite these advantages, Serb households have lower living standards, on average, than Albanian households. Most of the difference in living standards between Serb and Albanian households is due to unobserved non-economic factors. This result has serious implications for the political economy of policymaking in post-conflict Kosovo.
AB - Using the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) household survey from post-conflict Kosovo, we investigate the comparative economic well-being of Serbs and Albanians. An Oaxaca decomposition shows Serb households are both better endowed with income generating characteristics, such as education, and receive higher returns to these characteristics than Albanian households. Despite these advantages, Serb households have lower living standards, on average, than Albanian households. Most of the difference in living standards between Serb and Albanian households is due to unobserved non-economic factors. This result has serious implications for the political economy of policymaking in post-conflict Kosovo.
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014759670600045X?via%3Dihub
U2 - 10.1016/j.jce.2006.07.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jce.2006.07.002
M3 - Article
SN - 0147-5967
VL - 34
SP - 754
EP - 773
JO - Journal of Comparative Economics
JF - Journal of Comparative Economics
IS - 4
ER -