Replication data for: Segregation and the Quality of Government in a Cross Section of Countries
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Alberto Alesina; Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
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Project Citation:
Alesina, Alberto, and Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina. Replication data for: Segregation and the Quality of Government in a Cross Section of Countries. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2011. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112449V1
Project Description
Summary:
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We provide a new compilation of data on ethnic, linguistic, and religious composition at the subnational level for a large number of countries. Using these data, we measure segregation of groups within the country. To overcome the endogeneity problem that arises
because of mobility and endogenous internal borders, we construct an instrument for segregation. We find that more ethnically and linguistically
segregated countries, i.e., those where groups live more spatially separately, have a lower quality of government; there is no relationship between religious segregation and governance. Trust is an important channel of influence; it is lower in more segregated countries. (JEL H11, H77, J15, O17, Z12, Z13)
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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H11 Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government
H77 Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism; Secession
J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
Z12 Cultural Economics: Religion
Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
H11 Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government
H77 Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism; Secession
J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
Z12 Cultural Economics: Religion
Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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