Inequality and social cohesion in Africa: theoretical insights and an exploratory empirical investigation
Burchi, Francesco / Gabriela Zapata-Román (2022)
Discussion Paper 16/2022
Is inequality bad for social cohesion? Based on theory and limited evidence from Europe and Asia, this seems the case. Also our analysis on Africa finds a negative relationship between inequality and social cohesion, but this is not strong and valid only for the horizontal aspect of social cohesion.