Does Exposure to Other Ethnic Regions Promote National Integration? : Evidence from Nigeria

Does Exposure to Other Ethnic Regions Promote National Integration? : Evidence from Nigeria

This paper examines how temporary exposure to a different ethnic region affects national integration using original survey data from participants in Africa’s largest national youth service program. Seven years later, participants randomly assigned to serve in a state with a different ethnic majority...

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Main Author: Okunogbe, Oyebola
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
NATIONAL INTEGRATION
NATION BUILDING
NATIONAL SERVICE
INTERNAL MIGRATION
DIVERSITY
ETHNIC RELATIONS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/210921539090964091/Does-Exposure-to-Other-Ethnic-Regions-Promote-National-Integration-Evidence-from-Nigeria
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spelling okr-10986-305702021-09-05T12:14:05Z Does Exposure to Other Ethnic Regions Promote National Integration? : Evidence from Nigeria Okunogbe, Oyebola NATIONAL INTEGRATION NATION BUILDING NATIONAL SERVICE INTERNAL MIGRATION DIVERSITY ETHNIC RELATIONS This paper examines how temporary exposure to a different ethnic region affects national integration using original survey data from participants in Africa’s largest national youth service program. Seven years later, participants randomly assigned to serve in a state with a different ethnic majority are five times more likely to live all across the country compared to those who served in their ethnic region. They have more interethnic romantic relationships and express greater national pride. Nevertheless, immersion in a different ethnic region strengthens participants’ ethnic pride and favorable attitudes towards co-ethnics. The results suggest that national and ethnic identity can thrive together. 2018-10-16T18:42:01Z 2018-10-16T18:42:01Z 2018-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/210921539090964091/Does-Exposure-to-Other-Ethnic-Regions-Promote-National-Integration-Evidence-from-Nigeria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30570 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8606 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Nigeria
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topic NATIONAL INTEGRATION
NATION BUILDING
NATIONAL SERVICE
INTERNAL MIGRATION
DIVERSITY
ETHNIC RELATIONS
spellingShingle NATIONAL INTEGRATION
NATION BUILDING
NATIONAL SERVICE
INTERNAL MIGRATION
DIVERSITY
ETHNIC RELATIONS
Okunogbe, Oyebola
Does Exposure to Other Ethnic Regions Promote National Integration? : Evidence from Nigeria
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Nigeria
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8606
description This paper examines how temporary exposure to a different ethnic region affects national integration using original survey data from participants in Africa’s largest national youth service program. Seven years later, participants randomly assigned to serve in a state with a different ethnic majority are five times more likely to live all across the country compared to those who served in their ethnic region. They have more interethnic romantic relationships and express greater national pride. Nevertheless, immersion in a different ethnic region strengthens participants’ ethnic pride and favorable attitudes towards co-ethnics. The results suggest that national and ethnic identity can thrive together.
format Working Paper
author Okunogbe, Oyebola
author_facet Okunogbe, Oyebola
author_sort Okunogbe, Oyebola
title Does Exposure to Other Ethnic Regions Promote National Integration? : Evidence from Nigeria
title_short Does Exposure to Other Ethnic Regions Promote National Integration? : Evidence from Nigeria
title_full Does Exposure to Other Ethnic Regions Promote National Integration? : Evidence from Nigeria
title_fullStr Does Exposure to Other Ethnic Regions Promote National Integration? : Evidence from Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Does Exposure to Other Ethnic Regions Promote National Integration? : Evidence from Nigeria
title_sort does exposure to other ethnic regions promote national integration? : evidence from nigeria
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/210921539090964091/Does-Exposure-to-Other-Ethnic-Regions-Promote-National-Integration-Evidence-from-Nigeria
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