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Horizontal inequality, status optimization, and interethnic marriage in a conflict-affected society

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Although several theories of interethnic conflict emphasize ties across group boundaries as conducive to ethnic coexistence, little is known about how such ties are formed. Given their integrative potential, I examine the establishment of cross-ethnic marital ties in a deeply divided society and ask what drives individuals to defy powerful social norms and sanctions and to choose life-partners from across the divide. I theorize such choices as the outcome of a struggle between social forces and individual autonomy in society.

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  • Omar Shahabudin McDoom, 2016. "Horizontal inequality, status optimization, and interethnic marriage in a conflict-affected society," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2016-167, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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