Ethnic Fractionalization and Unemployment

H. Feldmann

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2012.04.034

Ethnic Fractionalization and Unemployment

H. Feldmann

Department of Economics

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	192-195
Number of pages	4
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	117
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2012.04.034
Publication status	Published - 2012

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