This paper analyzes the effect of religious diversity on economic development. We argue
that the religious polarization index is more appropriate to measure the effect of potential …

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 …

This paper analyzes the role that different dimensions of ethnicity plays in the process of
growth of a country. We cover essentially four issues. First, and in contrast with the ethnic …

Religion is a popular topic to be considered as one of the major factors that affect people's
lifestyles. However, religion is one of the social factors that most economists are very careful …

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

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 …

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 …

We provide new measures of ethnic, linguistic, and religious fractionalization for about 190
countries. These measures are more comprehensive than those previously used in the …

This paper investigates the relationship between religion and economic performance. In
both cross-country and within-country regressions, the null hypothesis that religious …

SUMMARY Barro and McCleary (2003, Religion and economic growth across countries.
American Journal of Sociology 68: 760–781) is a key research contribution in the new …