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Culture, ethnicity, and diversity

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URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10016/25258
ISSN: 0002-8282
DOI: 10.1257/aer.20150243
UXXI: AR/0000020337
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2017-09-01
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We investigate the empirical relationship between ethnicity andculture, defined as a vector of traits reflecting norms, values, andattitudes. Using survey data for 76 countries, we find that ethnicidentity is a significant predictor of cultural values, yet that withingroupvariation in culture trumps between-group variation. Thus,in contrast to a commonly held view, ethnic and cultural diversityare unrelated. Although only a small portion of a country's overallcultural heterogeneity occurs between groups, we find that variouspolitical economy outcomes (such as civil conflict and public goodsprovision) worsen when there is greater overlap between ethnicityand culture.
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Desmet, Klaus, Ortuño-Ortín, Ignacio and Wacziarg, Romain (2017). Culture, ethnicity, and diversity. American Economic Review, v. 107, n. 9, pp. 2479–2513
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