Desmet, KlausOrtuño, IgnacioWeber, ShlomoCEPR2009-10-262009-10-262005https://hdl.handle.net/10016/5542This 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.application/pdfeng© CEPRLinguistic diversityApolarization and resdistributionworking paperEconomíaopen access