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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

polarization of greenness. Taking the prevalence as a direct and diversity as an inverse measure of the validity of a greenness … polarization of greenness for those either very green or not green at all. This is consistent with the idea that green self … other groups - a possibility that relies on sufficiently large differentiation/polarization of groups. We discuss …

ethnic fractionalization, not immigration itself, has a negative impact on spending in the OECD. On the whole, immigrants …

We demonstrate that civil conflict erodes self-identification with a nation-state even among non-rebellious ethnic … groups in non-conflict areas. We perform a difference-in-difference estimation using Afrobarometer data. Using the onset of … capacity, we find that residents living closer to the border with the conflict zone experienced a larger decrease in national …