The Role of the State in Ethnically Diverse Communities: Evidence from Indonesia’s Transmigration Program

• In Event: Local Elites in the Political Economy of State Development

Brief Overview

The disruption of social ties and increase in ethnic diversity in the aftermath of mass migration creates the demand for state services by weakening the congruence between local elites and ethnic organizations.

Authors

• Volha Charnysh, Harvard University

• Ying Gao, Massachusetts Institute of Technology