Diversity and social fractionalization: empirical findings

Mariateresa Ciommi

Chapter 24 in Handbook of Research on Economic and Social Well-Being, 2018, pp 551-572 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The chapter embraces the definition of diversity which refers to the composition of a society, namely to economic, cultural and physical differences among individuals and groups within a society, due to differences in race, language, ethnicity, nationality and gender, to mention a few. This chapter surveys the empirical literature on social fractionalization and diversity, focusing on two aspects. The first main section of the chapter is devoted to the choice of the variable used to identify groups and to the associated datasets. The second main section reviews studies that have investigated the impacts of social fractionalization and diversity on a number of socioeconomic variables, such as growth, development, quality of institutions, rise of conflict and wages.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Social Policy and Sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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