fractionalization index. We also obtain that both ethnic and religious polarization are significant in explaining conflict. The results …In this paper we examine the link between ethnic and religious polariza- tion and conflict using interpersonal …- ization index. We measure conflict by means on an index of social unrest, as well as by the standard conflict onset or …

explains the apparent lack of correlation between ethnic fractionalization and the incidence of conflict found in previous … to greater local polarization and more frequent, but smaller, conflicts that involve only some ethnic groups. These … country affected by a conflict, and we control for country size, poverty, geography and natural resource endowments. We show …

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

heterogeneity or fractionalization index and the discrete polarization index. However, still no broad consensus is reached on which …-linear way three different aspects of ethnic diversity, namely the fractionalization, the polarization and the ethnic dominance … main measures of ethnic heterogeneity are employed in the econometric literature on ethnic diversity and conflict: the Gini …

and redistribution in the study are ethnic and religious polarization and fractionalization measures. Findings – It is … found that inequality is positively associated with polarization and has an inverse-U relationship with fractionalization …

and redistribution in the study are ethnic and religious polarization and fractionalization measures. Findings – It is … found that inequality is positively associated with polarization and has an inverse‐U relationship with fractionalization …