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dc.contributor.authorKolo, Philippen
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-21-
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-20T15:54:10Z-
dc.date.available2012-04-20T15:54:10Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/57332-
dc.description.abstractEthnic fragmentation is a variable increasingly used in the economic literature to explain differences in economic development level, growth or the incidence of conflicts. Nearly all articles have in common that they treat ethnic fragmentation as a static, exogenous fact. Only recently some contributions outlined first ideas, why different levels of ethnic fragmentation evolved based on biodiversity and evolutionary theories. This article has two main goals. In connecting with these recent findings, the article boldly confirms their results that a 'base-level' of fragmentation evolved due to geographical and evolutionary factors. Additionally, it draws the attention to the impact of colonization on fragmentation, especially on how a country was colonized. The main goal, however, is to show that ethnic fragmentation is not only evolving over centuries, but changes over a short period of time. As static factors, e.g. geographical ones, can't be responsible for changes in the short run, the article offers a structured assessment of factors that may influence diversity levels in the short term. Although migration is the most obvious factor, urbanization and especially education play an even more important role in influencing a country's ethnic boundaries.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aGeorg-August-Universität Göttingen, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research (IAI) |cGöttingenen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIAI Discussion Papers |x210en
dc.subject.jelC23en
dc.subject.jelF54en
dc.subject.jelI29en
dc.subject.jelO10en
dc.subject.jelZ10en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordColonizationen
dc.subject.keywordEndogeneityen
dc.subject.keywordEthnic fractionalization (ELF)en
dc.subject.keywordHeterogeneityen
dc.subject.stwEthnische Beziehungenen
dc.subject.stwEvolutionsökonomiken
dc.subject.stwKolonialismusen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwWelten
dc.titleQuestioning ethnic fragmentation's exogeneity: Drivers of changing ethnic boundaries-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn662514785en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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