Replication of Dickens (2022) "Understanding Ethnolinguistic Differences: The Roles of Geography and Trade"

Javier Gonzalez and Ömer Özak

No 62, I4R Discussion Paper Series from The Institute for Replication (I4R)

Abstract: Dickens (2022) studies the role of trade on long-run inter-ethnic linguistic differences. He establishes that neighboring ethnolinguistic groups have smaller (lexicostatistical) linguistic distances when there is a larger agricultural productivity variation between them. Specifically, he establishes that pre-1500 land productivity variation (CSI SD) and its change due to Columbian Exchange in the post-1500 (CSI SD CHANGE) era decrease linguistic distances between groups. In what can be considered his main specification, which includes geographical controls, spatial controls, and language family fixed effects (Table 1 column 5), he estimates that a one standard deviation increase in the change in land productivity variation (post-1500) decreases linguistic distances by 0.11 standard deviations (p-value

Keywords: Replication; Linguistic Distances; Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F10 O10 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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