Data and Code for: Does Exposure to Other Ethnic Regions Promote National Integration? Evidence from Nigeria

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Project Citation:

Okunogbe, Oyebola. Data and Code for: Does Exposure to Other Ethnic Regions Promote National Integration? Evidence from Nigeria. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2023. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-12-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E172001V1

Project Description

Summary: This paper examines how temporary exposure to a different ethnic region affects national integration using original survey data from participants in Africa’s largest national youth service program. Seven years later, participants randomly assigned to serve in a state with a different ethnic majority are five times more likely to live all across the country compared to those who served in their ethnic region. They have more interethnic romantic relationships and express greater national pride. Nevertheless, immersion in a different region strengthens participants' ethnic pride and favorable attitudes towards co-ethnics. The results suggest that national and ethnic identity can thrive together.

Funding Sources: Weiss Family Fund; Harvard Institute for Quantitative Social Science; Harvard Lab for Economic Applications and Policy

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: natural experiment ; internal migration; national integration; national service

JEL Classification:
      D02 Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
      D91 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
      J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
      O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
      R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics

Geographic Coverage: Nigeria

Time Period(s): 1/1/2008 – 12/31/2015

Collection Date(s): 2015 – 2015

Universe: Yoruba NYSC participants in a university

Data Type(s): administrative records data; program source code; survey data

Methodology

Unit(s) of Observation: individuals

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V1 [2023-12-12]

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