Diversity and Conflict
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Diversity and Conflict. / Arbatlı, Cemal Eren; Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc.
In: Econometrica, Vol. 88, No. 2, 01.03.2020, p. 727-797.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Diversity and Conflict
AU - Arbatlı, Cemal Eren
AU - Ashraf, Quamrul H.
AU - Galor, Oded
AU - Klemp, Marc
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - This research advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that interpersonal population diversity, rather than fractionalization or polarization across ethnic groups, has been pivotal to the emergence, prevalence, recurrence, and severity of intrasocietal conflicts. Exploiting an exogenous source of variations in population diversity across nations and ethnic groups, as determined predominantly during the exodus of humans from Africa tens of thousands of years ago, the study demonstrates that population diversity, and its impact on the degree of diversity within ethnic groups, has contributed significantly to the risk and intensity of historical and contemporary civil conflicts. The findings arguably reflect the contribution of population diversity to the non-cohesiveness of society, as reflected partly in the prevalence of mistrust, the divergence in preferences for public goods and redistributive policies, and the degree of fractionalization and polarization across ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups.
AB - This research advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that interpersonal population diversity, rather than fractionalization or polarization across ethnic groups, has been pivotal to the emergence, prevalence, recurrence, and severity of intrasocietal conflicts. Exploiting an exogenous source of variations in population diversity across nations and ethnic groups, as determined predominantly during the exodus of humans from Africa tens of thousands of years ago, the study demonstrates that population diversity, and its impact on the degree of diversity within ethnic groups, has contributed significantly to the risk and intensity of historical and contemporary civil conflicts. The findings arguably reflect the contribution of population diversity to the non-cohesiveness of society, as reflected partly in the prevalence of mistrust, the divergence in preferences for public goods and redistributive policies, and the degree of fractionalization and polarization across ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups.
KW - civil conflict
KW - ethnic fractionalization
KW - ethnic polarization
KW - interpersonal trust
KW - political preferences
KW - population diversity
KW - Social conflict
U2 - 10.3982/ECTA13734
DO - 10.3982/ECTA13734
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85082184369
VL - 88
SP - 727
EP - 797
JO - Econometrica
JF - Econometrica
SN - 0012-9682
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 239631043