Ethnic fractionalization and unemployment

Horst Feldmann

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 117, issue 1, 192-195

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.

Keywords: Ethnic heterogeneity; Labor market; Unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 H11 J64 O17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.04.034

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