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ethnic fractionalization: a standalone construct

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ethnicfractionalization1 CONSTRUCTEthnic fractionalizationALESINA · POLITICAL SCIENCE

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the probability that two randomly drawn people in a country belong to different ethnic, linguistic or religious groups.

In political science, ethnic fractionalization refers to the probability that two randomly drawn people in a country belong to different ethnic, linguistic or religious groups. This meaning comes from Alesina (2003) in Journal of Economic Growth.[1]

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References

  1. Alesina, A., Devleeschauwer, A., Easterly, W., Kurlat, S., & Wacziarg, R. (2003). Fractionalization. Journal of Economic Growth, 8(2), 155-194. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1024471506938

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