What is linguistic fractionalization?

We introduce a measure called ethno-linguistic fractionalization (ELF), which captures the ethnic and/or linguistic diversity in a country and examine its implications on existing cultural measures.

How do you calculate fractionalization?

EF usually is measured as 1 minus the Herfindahl concentration index of ethnolinguistic group shares, which reproduces the probability that two randomly drawn individuals from the population belong to different groups.

What is cultural fractionalization?

Fractionalization is the probability that two individuals drawn randomly from the country’s groups are not from the same group (ethnic, religious, or whatever the criterion is).

What is religious fractionalization?

Fractionalization measures are computing the probability that two randomly drawn individuals are not from the same group . This list is based on the analysis of Alesina and others,they develop fractionalization scores based on ethnicity, religious and linguistic data directly from the Encyclopædia Britannica lists.

Are there any new measures of fractionalization in economics?

We provide new measures of ethnic, linguistic and religious fractionalization for about 190 countries. These measures are more comprehensive than those previously used in the economics literature and we compare our new variables with those previously used.

Who are the authors of the book fractionalization?

Alesina, Alberto, Arnaud Devleeschauwer, William Easterly, Sergio Kurlat, and Romain Wacziarg. 2003. “ Fractionalization .” Journal of Economic Growth 8: 155-94.

How is fractionalization related to quality of life?

These measures are more comprehensive than those previously used in the economics literature and we compare our new variables with those previously used. We also revisit the question of the effects of ethnic, linguistic and religious fractionalization on quality of institutions and growth.

How does ethnocultural fractionalization affect a country?

States that have suffered from violent ethnocultural fractionalization and conflict usually exhibit lower overall levels of socioeconomic development and attract little foreign investment (Collier and Hoeffler 2004).