Measuring Cultural Diversity: Ethnic, Linguistic and Religious Fractionalization in the OECD

Natalka Patsiurko; John L. Campbell; John A. Hall

doi:10.1080/01419870.2011.579136

Measuring Cultural Diversity: Ethnic, Linguistic and Religious Fractionalization in the OECD

Natalka Patsiurko, John L. Campbell, John A. Hall

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Abstract

Many claim that national economic success depends upon cultural homogeneity. We collect new time-series data and develop new measures of ethnic, linguistic and religious fractionalization for the OECD countries. We show that cultural diversity may vary by type across countries and over short periods of time. We also show that our measure of ethnic fractionalization is a significant predictor of economic performance in OECD countries despite the fact that they constitute a particularly homogeneous and economically advantaged group.

Original language	English
Journal	Ethnic and Racial Studies
Volume	35
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	195-217
Number of pages	23
ISSN	0141-9870
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2011.579136
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

Ethnic Categories
Political Economy
Inter/-ethical Social Distances
Cross/-national analyses
National Identity
Data Collection

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Patsiurko, N., Campbell, J. L., & Hall, J. A. (2012). Measuring Cultural Diversity: Ethnic, Linguistic and Religious Fractionalization in the OECD. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 35(2), 195-217. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2011.579136

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