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Does Ethnolinguistic Diversity Preclude Good Governance? A Comparative Study with Alternative Data, 1990‐2015
Kyklos ( IF 1.796 ) Pub Date : 2019-09-03 , DOI: 10.1111/kykl.12210
Indra Soysa 1 , Synøve Almås 1
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To what extent does ethno‐linguistic diversity hinder good governance? Using a variety of data measuring political and economic corruption for 150 countries over 24 years, we find positive effects between ethno‐linguistic diversity and corruption, but the substantive effects are very slight. Higher diversity also predicts higher economic freedom and its subcomponents, measures routinely used as proxies of sound economic governance. Indicators of ethnic frictions measured as ethnic exclusion from state power and discrimination, show positive effects on good governance, results at odds with the idea that governance is harmed by fraught ethnic relations. These findings suggest that the effects of societal diversity do not uniformly explain the failure of governance. We also find diversity to matter negatively when assessing violent state repression of dissent. The results are robust to a host of alternative specifications, data, and estimating strategy, including the inclusion of region fixed effects and hybrid fixed effects.

中文翻译:

民族语言多样性是否会妨碍良好的治理?与替代数据的比较研究,1990-2015

民族语言多样性在多大程度上阻碍了善治?使用各种衡量 150 个国家超过 24 年的政治和经济腐败的数据,我们发现民族语言多样性与腐败之间存在积极影响,但实质性影​​响非常小。更高的多样性还预示着更高的经济自由及其子组成部分,这些措施通常用作良好经济治理的代理。以民族被排除在国家权力之外和歧视为衡量标准的民族摩擦指标显示出对善治的积极影响,结果与治理受到紧张民族关系损害的观点不一致。这些发现表明,社会多样性的影响并不能统一解释治理的失败。我们还发现,在评估国家对异议的暴力镇压时,多样性具有负面影响。结果对大量替代规范、数据和估计策略具有稳健性,包括包含区域固定效应和混合固定效应。
更新日期:2019-09-03
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