This paper is an attempt to clarify the relationship between ethnic fractionalization,
polarization and conflict. In recent years many authors have argued that ethnic …

This paper ia an attempt to clarify the relationship between fractionalization, polarization and
conflict. The literature on the measurement of ethnic diversity has taken as given that the …

The increasing incidence of ethnic conflicts, and the much-publicized consequences of
these conflicts, have attracted the interest of many researchers in the social sciences. Many …

This article re-examines recent studies which argue that ethnically polarized countries
increase the risk of civil war and decrease economic growth. We show that this result is an …

This paper analyzes the role that different indices and dimensions of ethnicity play in the
process of economic development. Firstly, we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of …

We examine empirically the impact of ethnic divisions on conflict, by using a specification
based on Esteban and Ray (2011). That theory links conflict intensity to three indices of …

We argue that the reason why it has proved hard to determine whether negative effects on
economic performance and conflict are more strongly associated with polarized rather than …

In this article, we examine empirically both the direct and indirect links between ethnic
fragmentation and economic growth. We find that both ethnic fractionalization and …

This article re-examines recent studies that link different forms of social diversity—ethnic
polarization and fractionalization—to underdevelopment and an increased risk of civil war …

In this paper we analyze the relationship between ethnic polarization and the duration of
civil wars. Several recent papers have argued that the uncertainty about the relative power …