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 …

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 …

cross-section differences in ethnic and linguistic fractionalization can explain a substantial part of the cross … fractionalization and educational attainment. We find that fractionalization lower educational attainment. This finding is consistent …

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 …