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We present a model that links heterogeneity of preferences across ethnic groups in a city to the amount and type of public good the city supplies. We test the implications of the model with three related datasets: US cities, US metropolitan areas, and US urban counties. Results show that...
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This paper argues that redrawing subnational political boundaries can transform ethnic divisions. We use a natural policy experiment in Indonesia to show how the effects of ethnic diversity on conflict depend on the political units within which groups are organized. Redistricting along group...
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We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United …
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This paper shows that the level of deforestation in Indonesia is positively related to the degree of ethnic fractionalization at the district level. To identify a casual relation we exploit the exogenous timing of variations in the level of ethnic heterogeneity due to the creation of new...
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We test the long-standing hypothesis that ethnic groups that are organized around `segmentary lineages' are more prone to conflict and civil war. Ethnographic accounts suggest that in segmentary lineage societies, which are characterized by strong allegiances to distant relatives, individuals...
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The literature on immigrant assimilation and intergenerational progress has sometimes reached surprising conclusions …
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follow similar patterns. Overall, our findings highlight the importance of localized contact in shaping identity …
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, citizenship, and forced education. There is little consensus, however, whether and to what extent federal assimilation efforts … impact of federal assimilation policies on childhood mortality. We use children ever born and children surviving data … white population. The impact of assimilation policies was mixed. Increased ability to speak English was associated with …
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children retain a Mexican ethnicity. Such findings raise the possibility that selective ethnic "attrition" might bias observed …
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assimilation is larger to someone from a small minority than to one from a large minority group. When a society has a very large … majority of individuals from one culture, individuals from minority groups will be assimilated more quickly. Assimilation is … may explain the recent rise in multiculturalism. Individuals do not properly internalize the social value of assimilation …
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