We study how two distinct dimensions of peer ethnic diversity (ethnic fractionalization and ethnic polarization) affect … schools, we find evidence for two opposing effects. Ethnic fractionalization increases the likelihood of students sorting into … people-oriented occupations while ethnic polarization reduces this likelihood. Using data on social and cognitive skills, we …

We investigate the impact of the political representation of minority groups on the incidence of ethnic conflict in …-random variation in legislator religion generated by the results of close elections. We find that the presence of Muslim legislators … results in a large and significant decline in Hindu-Muslim conflict. The average result is driven by richer states and those …

The conflict in Northern Ireland was an example of "complex warfare" with both insurgency and sectarian violence. We … present a unified model that helps to identify these two forms of conflict from the spatial distribution of violence. The … troop surge in 1972 and the proximity to the Republic of Ireland on the two elements of the conflict. …

the concept of ethnic fractionalization is a strong predictive measure for the direct effect of ethnicity on growth …This paper investigates the empirical relationship between the two concepts of ethnicity and economic growth. Ethnicity … variables. The system incorporates new channel variables for the potential indirect effects of ethnicity that are important in …