Culture, Ethnicity, and Diversity

被引：120

作者：

Desmet, Klaus ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Ortuno-Ortin, Ignacio ^{[4
]}

Wacziarg, Romain ^{[5
,6
]}

机构：

[1] Southern Methodist Univ, Dept Econ, 3300 Dyer St, Dallas, TX 75205 USA

[2] Southern Methodist Univ, Cox Sch Business, 3300 Dyer St, Dallas, TX 75205 USA

[3] CEPR, London, England

[4] Univ Carlos III Madrid, Dept Econ, Madrid 28903, Spain

[5] UCLA, Anderson Sch Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA

[6] NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

来源：

AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW | 2017年 / 107卷 / 09期

关键词：

PUBLIC-GOODS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; ORIGINS; POLARIZATION; CLEAVAGES; CONFLICT;

D O I：

10.1257/aer.20150243

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We investigate the empirical relationship between ethnicity and culture, defined as a vector of traits reflecting norms, values, and attitudes. Using survey data for 76 countries, we find that ethnic identity is a significant predictor of cultural values, yet that within-group variation in culture trumps between-group variation. Thus, in contrast to a commonly held view, ethnic and cultural diversity are unrelated. Although only a small portion of a country's overall cultural heterogeneity occurs between groups, we find that various political economy outcomes (such as civil conflict and public goods provision) worsen when there is greater overlap between ethnicity and culture.

引用

页码：2479 / 2513

页数：35

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