Publication: Peripheral diversity and redistribution
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2005
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This paper investigates the effect of ethnolinguistic conflict on redistribution. The analysis focuses on the conflict arising between `peripheral` minority groups and a dominant`centre´. We propose an index of linguistic conflict that (i) encompases both diversity and polarization, and (ii) accounts for the distance between languages. Our results suggest that linguistic diversity is a better predictor of redistriburion than linguistic polarization. We also fin that incorporating linguistic distances improves the predictive power of our conclusion.
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Linguistic diversity, Apolarization and resdistribution