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 …

and linguistic heterogeneity (measured by indices of ethnic and linguistic fractionalization) on 30 health outcome …

The vast majority of the literature on ethnicity and entrepreneurship focuses on the construct of ethnic … countries. Using indices of ethnic and linguistic fractionalization, we show that ethnic heterogeneity negatively influences … entrepreneurship. We argue that potential channels that can explain the negative effect of fractionalization on entrepreneurship …