Replication data for: Ethnicity and Conflict: An Empirical Study

We examine empirically the impact of ethnic divisions on conflict, by using a specification based on Esteban and Ray (2011). That theory links conflict intensity to three indices of ethnic distribution: polarization, fractionalization, and the Gini-Greenberg index. The empirical analysis verifies that these distributional measures are significant correlates of conflict. These effects persist as we introduce country-specific measures of group cohesion and of the importance of public goods, and combine them with the distributional measures exactly as described by the theory. (JEL D63, D74, J15, O15, O17)

本研究基于埃斯特万与雷（Esteban and Ray, 2011）提出的分析框架，实证检验族群分化对冲突的影响。该理论将冲突烈度与三类族群分布指数相关联，即极化指数（polarization）、碎片化指数（fractionalization）以及基尼-格林伯格指数（Gini-Greenberg index）。实证分析验证表明，上述分布测度均为冲突的显著关联因素。当我们引入针对特定国家的群体凝聚力测度与公共品重要性测度，并严格按照该理论的设定将其与前述分布测度相结合时，上述效应依然稳健存在。（JEL分类号：D63、D74、J15、O15、O17）