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 … heterogeneity on the one hand and measures of inequality and redistribution on the other, using state-level US data. Design …

fractionalization and group antagonism reduce the support for redistribution. Whereas within group inequality increases support for …This paper studies the joint effect of fractionalization and inequality on the size of government. Within a political … redistribution, inequality between groups have the opposite effect. All these results hold even if a poor group is in majority. Using …

fractionalization index. We also obtain that both ethnic and religious polarization are significant in explaining conflict. The results … quality of the fit. Our measure of polarization outperforms the measure used by Montalvo and Reynal-Querol (2005) and the …

fractionalization index. We also obtain that both ethnic and religious polarization are significant in explaining conflict. The results … quality of the fit. Our measure of polarization outperforms the measure used by Montalvo and Reynal-Querol (2005) and the …