the degree of fractionalization and polarization across ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups in the national …

This paper suggests that societies exhibiting a large degree of educational polarization among its populace are … polarization and test its predictive power in explaining the likelihood of civil conflict and civil war, analyzing 146 countries … educational polarization is associated with a 4.6 and 3.8 percentage point rise in the chances of civil conflict and civil war …

strongly after financial crises as government majorities shrink and polarization rises. After a crisis, voters seem to be …

linguistic polarization has a negative impact on local spending. Instrumental variable estimates using distance to the eastern …

Political polarization has ruptured the fabric of U.S. society. I quantify this phenomenon through the use of 5 pre … existing polarization in the context of Donald J. Trump. I find strong heterogeneous effects: ingroup-love occurs in the … the detrimental impact of polarization in the (non-) strategic contexts studied here. The interventions are ineffective in …

How can the West's economic and political polarization be explained? We argue that persuasive lobbying at various …