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

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. …

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 …

outcome (growth, incidence of civil wars) and index (fractionalization, discrete polarization). Second, we find that, in case …We develop a conflict model linking dissipation to the distribution of the population over an arbitrary number of … fractionalization index. This may explain the sensitiveness of empirical evidence on the impact of ethnic diversity with respect to …

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. …

specifically on ethnic diversity. In contrast to the previous literature, this study argues that it is the fractionalization and …/or polarization of ethnic groups that is the relevant consideration, rather than the population share of ethnic minorities, since such …

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 … latitude), it shows a significant negative impact on economic growth which is robust to different specifications, polarization …

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 … latitude), it shows a significant negative impact on economic growth which is robust to different specifications, polarization …

fragmentation is to have an impact, <np pagenum="050"/>it is mainly positive. On the other hand, polarization has no effect which …

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