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The Roots of Ethnic...
The Roots of Ethnic Diversity
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- Ahlerup, Pelle, 1977 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik,Department of Economics
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- Olsson, Ola, 1971 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik,Department of Economics
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- Göteborg : Göteborg University, 2007
- Engelska.
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Serie: Working Papers in Economics (online), 1403-2465 ; 280
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Abstract
Ämnesord
Stäng
- The level of ethnic diversity is believed to have significant consequences for economic and political development within countries. In this article, we provide a theoretical and empirical analysis of the determinants of ethnic diversity in the world. We introduce a model of cultural and genetic drift where new ethnic groups endogenously emerge among peripheral populations as a response to an insufficient supply of public goods. In line with our model, we find that the duration of human settlements has a strong positive association with ethnic diversity. Ethnic diversity decreases with the length of modern state experience and with distance from the equator. Both "primordial" and "constructivist" hypotheses of ethnic fractionalization thus receive some support by our analysis.
Ämnesord
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- ethnicity
- ethnic diversity
- human origins
- JEL Codes: N40
- N50
- P3
Publikations- och innehållstyp
- vet (ämneskategori)
- rap (ämneskategori)