Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5060073 | Economics Letters | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Using data on 74 countries and a large number of controls, this paper finds that a higher degree of ethnic fractionalization is correlated with a higher unemployment rate. This is probably mainly because fractionalization reduces labor market efficiency.
⺠We use data on 74 countries and a large number of controls. ⺠Higher ethnic fractionalization is correlated with a higher unemployment rate. ⺠The magnitude of the effect is substantial.
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Authors
Horst Feldmann,