Land reform, ethnicity and political participation: evidence from Peru
Date
2025-02
Authors
Condor Iturrizaga, Ronny Martin
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Murphy, Tomás
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Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía
Abstract
This paper examines the effects of Peru’s 1969 Land Reform on the political representation of marginalized ethnic groups in local elections. Using electoral data from 1963 to 1983, I employ surname analysis and a skin color detection algorithm to identify ethnic groups. Using a diff-in-diff framework, I show that greater exposure to land reform increases the candidacy of marginalized ethnic groups, but has no effect on their electoral success. I explore potential channels and find the creation of political parties of peasant origin could be plausible mechanisms for the presence of more candidates from marginalized ethnic groups.
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Fil: Condor Iturrizaga, Ronny Martin. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía; Argentina.