Diversity and the economy

A Cross-Country, Comprehensive Study

Bibliographic Data

ID2146402
AuthorsJayoti Das (0000-0002-2551-5348), Cassandra Dirienzo (0000-0002-4401-993X)
Year2014
Volume37
Issue6
Pages1080-1100
Publication date2014-05-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2012.729673
OpenAlexW1966519877
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited31

Using Alesina et al.'s (2003) fractionalization indices that separately measure ethnic (E), linguistic (L) and religious (R) diversity for 180 countries, a cluster analysis is performed to group the countries into three distinct clusters based on their similarities in the three diversity measures. Given these country clusters, this study examines how these different clusters perform, on average, in regard to thirteen different economic and political indicators. The results presented for the economic indicators suggest that ethnic and linguistic diversity measures might be relatively more important in affecting economic outcomes compared to religious diversity. In terms of the political indicators considered in this analysis, the countries in the most ethnically, linguistically and religiously diverse cluster performed statistically lower on average relative to the other country clusters

Cluster (spacecraft · Cultural diversity · Demographic economics · Development economics · Diversity (politics · Economic geography · Economics · Ethnic group · Ethnically diverse · Ethnology · Fractionalization · Geography · Political science · Politics · Religious diversity · Sociology · Anthropology · Corruption and Economic Development · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Economic Growth and Development · Law

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