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Polarization and Its Discontents: Morocco Before and After the Arab Spring

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dc.contributor.authorClementi, Fabio
dc.contributor.authorKhan, Haider A.
dc.contributor.authorMolini, Vasco
dc.contributor.authorSchettino, Francesco
dc.contributor.authorSoudi, Khalid
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-21T17:11:16Z
dc.date.available2019-11-21T17:11:16Z
dc.date.issued2019-10
dc.description.abstractThis paper uses data obtained from three Moroccan household surveys that took place between 2000 to 2013, to address issues related to the so-called "Arab puzzle." Welfare inequalities are low and declining in Arab countries and exist against the backdrop of a growing sense of dissatisfaction and frustration. The paper hypothesizes that welfare inequality plays a role, if seen through the lens of absolute measures and notably absolute polarization. The paper argues that the relatively worse perception of poor, vulnerable, and lower middle-class Moroccan households mirrors the ongoing hollowing out of the welfare distribution process and its concentration in the tails. The results of a multi-logit regression indicate that polarization is significantly correlated to perception and, importantly, that this correlation is asymmetric. The poorer are the households, the more polarization is perceived to link negatively to the well-being of households; and the richer are the households, the more polarization will positively correlate with their perceived well-being. The results are robust to the use of classes or quintiles for ranking social groups from the poorest to the richest.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/711411572275750555/Polarization-and-Its-Discontents-Morocco-before-and-after-the-Arab-Spring
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9049
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/32658
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9049
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectPOLARIZATION
dc.subjectPERCEPTIONS
dc.subjectSUBJECTIVE MEASURES
dc.subjectABSOLUTE MEASURES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELLBEING
dc.titlePolarization and Its Discontentsen
dc.title.subtitleMorocco Before and After the Arab Springen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titlePolarization and its Discontents: Morocco before and after the Arab Spring
okr.date.disclosure2019-10-28
okr.doctypePublications & Research
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/711411572275750555/Polarization-and-Its-Discontents-Morocco-before-and-after-the-Arab-Spring
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9049
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okr.region.administrativeMiddle East and North Africa
okr.region.countryMorocco
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okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Living Standards
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Lines
okr.topicSocial Development::Social Conflict and Violence
okr.unitPoverty and Equity Global Practice
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