distribution of culturally diverse groups affects the outcome. To understand why ethnic diversity affects conflict and economic …

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 degree of fractionalization and polarization across ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups in the national … contributed significantly to the frequency, incidence, and onset of both overall and ethnic civil conflict over the last half …-century, accounting for a large set of geographical and institutional correlates of conflict, as well as measures of economic development …