entrepreneurship. We argue that potential channels that can explain the negative effect of fractionalization on entrepreneurship …The vast majority of the literature on ethnicity and entrepreneurship focuses on the construct of ethnic … entrepreneurship. However, very little is known about how ethnic heterogeneity affects entrepreneurship. This study attempts to fill …

and linguistic heterogeneity (measured by indices of ethnic and linguistic fractionalization) on 30 health outcome …

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 …

, generalized ethnic fractionalization, and the alignment of spatial and ethnic distances. We use maps of traditional ethnic …

In their survey of the literature on ethnic fractionalization and economic performance, Alesina and La Ferrara (JEL … fractionalization on economic growth using unique time-varying measures across countries, for 26 transition economies from 1989 to 2007 … different estimators, specifications, and fractionalization measures. …