specifically on ethnic diversity. In contrast to the previous literature, this study argues that it is the fractionalization and …

fractionalization index. This may explain the sensitiveness of empirical evidence on the impact of ethnic diversity with respect to … outcome (growth, incidence of civil wars) and index (fractionalization, discrete polarization). Second, we find that, in case … of pure private goods, smaller groups always contribute more and so the fractionalization index under-estimates their …

expenditure of developing countries. On the contrary, size of the economy and linguistic fractionalization is found to have …

fractionalization and income inequality based on historical experience. Using instrumental variables estimation, we find that ethnic … fractionalization explains the level of income both when income inequality is included as a control in the estimation and when it is not …. However, we find no evidence that income inequality affects the level of income when ethnic fractionalization is properly …

In their survey of the literature on ethnic fractionalization and economic performance, Alesina and La Ferrara (JEL … ethnic fractionalization on economic growth across countries using unique time-varying measures. We first replicate the … measures, econometric estimators, as well as to the use of an index of ethnic-religious-linguistic fractionalization. …

In their survey of the literature on ethnic fractionalization and economic performance, Alesina and La Ferrara (JEL … fractionalization on economic growth using unique time-varying measures across countries, for 26 transition economies from 1989 to 2007 … different estimators, specifications, and fractionalization measures. …