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Inequality and group participation: theory and evidence from rural Tanzania

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La Ferrara, Eliana

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Volume (Year): 85 (2002)
Issue (Month): 2 (August)
Pages: 235-273
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  3. Daniel Haile & Abdolkarim Sadrieh & Harrie A. A Verbon, 2006. "Cross-Racial Envy and Underinvestment in South Africa," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
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  7. Sirisha C. Naidu, 2005. "Heterogeneity and Common Pool Resources: Collective Management of Forests in Himachal Pradesh, India," Others 0511004, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
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  8. Aleksynska, Mariya, 2007. "Civic Participation of Immigrants: Culture Transmission and Assimilation," MPRA Paper 4594, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
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