Land reform, ethnicity and political participation: evidence from Peru

dc.contributor.Mentor	Murphy, Tomás
dc.creator.Autor	Condor Iturrizaga, Ronny Martin
dc.date.accessioned	2025-06-24T17:51:19Z
dc.date.available	2025-06-24T17:51:19Z
dc.date.issued	2025-02
dc.description	Fil: Condor Iturrizaga, Ronny Martin. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía; Argentina.
dc.description.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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dc.identifier.uri	https://repositorio.udesa.edu.ar/handle/10908/25359
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.title	Land reform, ethnicity and political participation: evidence from Peru
dc.type	Tesis
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
dc.type	info:ar-repo/semantics/tesis de maestría
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