Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/189999 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2017/154
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This paper contributes to the scant body of literature on inequalities among and within ethnic groups in the Philippines by examining both the vertical and horizontal measures in terms of opportunities in accessing basic services such as education, electricity, safe water, and sanitation. The study also provides a glimpse of the patterns of inequality in Mindanao. The results show that there are significant inequalities in opportunities in accessing basic services within and among ethnic groups in the Philippines. Muslims (particularly indigenous people) are the worst-off ethnic groups while the non-indigenous/non-Muslim groups are the better-off groups. Disparities in terms of literacy rate and access to electricity and sanitation between ethnic groups, however, appear to be narrowing between 2000 and 2010.
Subjects: 
ethnic group
horizontal inequality
indigenous people
inequality of opportunities
Mindanao
Philippines
JEL: 
J15
I24
Z13
C13
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-380-6
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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